Published Papers

The following are a list of publications by Scientific Fire Services staff. The list includes refereed and non-refereed journal and conference papers, contributions to books and guidelines, research reports and PhD citations.

Horasan, M., Kilmartin, R., “The Role of Fire Engineering in Achieving Sustainable, Environmentally Efficient, Ethical and Secure Building Design”, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers Fire Division, Annual Symposium, Hong Kong, March, 2010.

Horasan, M., “A Risk Contour Based Methodology Towards Improving the Validity of RSET Estimations in ASET/RSET Evaluations”, Human Behaviour in Fire, Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium, Cambridge, England, July, 2009.

Horasan, M., Chan, P., Sharman, R., “Designing Beyond Today’s Egress Codes”, FSE 09, International Conference, Melbourne, Australia, March, 2009.

Horasan, M., Chan, P., “Performance Based Fire Engineering Designs for the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Phase II Expansion”, Fire Asia 09, Hong Kong, February, 2009.

Behayeddin, P., Dalrymple, A., “Road Tunnels – An Australian Fire Services Perspective”, Tunnel Management International Conference, “Risk and Fire Engineering for Tunnels, Stations and Underground Spaces,” Hong Kong, April 2006.

Horasan, M., Sinclair, R., “Occupant Evacuation and Control in the Gaming Rooms of a Large Casino Complex”, Fire Engineering Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 2006.

Kilmartin, R., Horasan, M., Lilli, V., “Fire Safety Issues Faced in the Conversion of Yesterday’s Local Hotels to Today’s Modern Places of Public Entertainment”, Fire Engineering Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 2006.

Verghese, D., Horasan, M., He, Y, Webb, A., “Designing for Failure: Redundancies In Fire Safety Engineering”, Fire Safety Engineering Australia 2006 International Conference, Gold Coast, 2006.

Horasan, M.,Taylor, P., Kilmartin, R., “International Fire Engineering Guidelines”, ABCB, 2005 (Members of the guideline publication committee), 2005.

Horasan, M., Taylor, P., Kilmartin, R., “International Fire Engineering Guidelines”, ABCB, 2005 (Member of the guideline publication committee).

Yau, A. T., He. Y, Verghese, D., "A methodology for radiation heat transfer analysis for fire safety engineering applications", FSE Conference, Sydney,2004.

Horasan, M., “Design Occupant Groups Concept Applied to Fire Safety Engineering Human Behaviour Studies”, 7th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science Proceedings, ISFPA, Maryland USA, , pp 953-963, 2003.

He, Y., Horasan, M., Taylor, P., “Stochastic Modelling for Risk Assessment”, 7th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science Proceedings, ISFPA, Maryland USA, pp 333-344, 2003.

Horasan, M., "Design Occupant Groups Concept Applied to Fire Safety Engineering Human Behaviour Studies"., 7th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Worchester, Mas., USA, June 2002.

Horasan, M., Taylor, P. “Fire Engineering Guidelines”, ABCB, 2001 (Member of the guideline publication committee).

Horasan, M., Sinclair, R, "Emergency evacuation of the gaming rooms of a large casino complex - Occupant and management related issues", 2nd Human Behaviour in Fire Symposium, Boston, USA, March, 2000.

Horasan, M., "Human Behaviour Research – What Information do the Fire Engineers Really Need?”", 2nd Human Behaviour in Fire Symposium, Boston, USA, March, 2000.

Horasan, M., "A Sensitivity Analysis Approach to Improve Evacuation Performance and to Optimise Staff/Patient Ratios in Hospitals and Nursing Homes”", 2nd Human Behaviour in Fire Symposium, Boston, USA, March, 2000.

Horasan, M.,Taylor, P.,“Fire Safety Engineering Guidelines”, FCRC, 2000 (Members of the guideline publication committee).

Horasan, M., "Occupant Evacuation and Behaviour During Fires - Evaluation of Current Knowledge from an Engineering Perspective", Unifire 2000, Melbourne, August.

Horasan, M., “Occupant Evacuation Problems in Large Halls - An Exhibition Hall Case Study”, Fire and Materials Journal, 1999.

Horasan, M., Cooper, R., Timms, G., “Factors Critical to the Waking Effectiveness of Smoke Detectors”, AFPA Journal. 1998.

Taylor, P., Horasan, M., Ramsay, C., “Fire and Smoke Management and People Movement in Hospitals - Use of Fire Safety Engineering”, Proceedings of the Fire Australia 1998 Conference, Sydney, 1998.

Horasan, M., La, J., "Effectiveness of Smoke Alarms and Sound Attenuation in Australian Domestic Buildings", 5th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science Proceedings, ISFPA, Maryland USA, 1998.

Taylor P, Horasan M., Ramsay G C .“The role of research in achieving the goals of fire safety engineering for performance based building codes”. Building Control Commission International Convention, Melbourne, 1997.

Taylor P, Horasan M, Ramsay C, Turan O, & He Y. “Smoke hazard management system design variables for an atrium and the use of CFD and zone models to evaluate design options.” 3rd International Conference on Fire Research and Engineering, SFPE, Chicago., 1997.

Taylor P. Horasan, M, , "Application of Fire Engineering in Shopping Centres" Fire Engineering Conference, Perth, Australia, October, 1997.

Taylor P . Horasan M, Ramsay G C, “Does performance based fire engineering lead to safer designs for hospitals?”. 3rd International Conference on Fire Research and Engineering, SFPE, Chicago., 1996.

Horasan, M. “Occupant Evacuation Problems in Large Halls - An Exhibition Hall Case Study”, Human Behaviour in Fire, Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium, Belfast, N. Ireland, 1996.

Gradinscak, M., Horasan, M. “3D Modeelling and Human Response”, Human Behaviour in Fire, Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium, Belfast, N. Ireland, 1996.

Horasan, M., “Fire Engineering Guidelines”, FCRC, 1996 (Member of the guideline publication committee).

Horasan, M., Beck, V., “Investigation Of Behaviour Sequences During Fire Related Emergencies Using Computerised Questionnaire Techniques”, ASIAFLAM Conference Proceedings., 1995.

Horasan, M., Johnson, P., “Comparison of Evacuation Models for Occupant Populations with Different Levels of Independence and Mobility - Case Studies on Primary Schools and a Special Care Centre for Disabled Persons”, ASIAFLAM , Conference Proceedings, 1995.

M., Johnson, P., Beck, V., Horasan, M. , “Use of Egress Modelling in Performance-Based Fire Engineering Design - A Fire Safety Study at National Gallery of Victoria”, 4th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science Proceedings, ISFPA, Maryland USA, , pp 669-680, 1994.