Jimmy,

In my opinion, the list could be long and everyone will have an opinion on which ones are more beneficial. My bias will be for those texts that are related to fundemental principles, so my recommendations will tend to be more technically oriented. Here are some highlights to get you started (not in any particular order). I am also sure I have missed some. I have also include those books that may have some inaccuracies, but overall are still of value.

Sincerely,

Doug Carpenter

Caution: these books will be considered expensive to purchase.


Lentini's Scientific Protocals for Fire Investigation

Quintiere's Principles of Fire Behavior

Quintiere's Fundmentals of Fire Phenomena

Quintiere's Compartment Fire Dynamics

Babrauskas' Ignition Handbook

Babrauskas' Heat Release in Fires

Babrauskas' et al. Fire Behavior of Upholsetred Furniture and Mattresses

SFPE's Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering (3rd edition)

NFPA's Fire Protection Handbook (19th edition)

Drysdale's Introduction to Fire Dynamics

DeHaan and Icove's Forensic Fire Reconstruction

Brannigan's Building Construction for the Fire Service

Swab's Incendiary Fires, A Reference Manual for Fire Investigators

Friedman's Principles of Fire Protection Chemistry and Physics

NFPA's Industrial Fire Hazards

Zalosh's Industrial Fire Protection Engineering

Any Conference Proceedings of Fire and Materials, ISFI, IAFSS, interFlam, or other such conferences.

Douglas J. Carpenter, MScFPE, CFEI, PE, FSFPE
Vice President & Principal Engineer
Combustion Science & Engineering, Inc.
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