Summary of Full Scale Experiments to Determine Vulnerabilities of Building Components to Ignition by Firebrand Showers

iv 1.0 Introduction 1 2.0 NIST Firebrand Generator (NIST Dragon) 2 3.0 Roofing Vulnerabilities 8 4.0 Building Vent Vulnerabilities 15 5.0 Siding Treatment Vulnerabilities 25 6.0 Eave Vulnerabilities 31 7.0 Glazing Assembly Vulnerabilities 36 8.0 Firebrand Accumulation in Front of Obstacles 38 9.0 Firebrand Production from Burning Structures and Structure Components 42 10.0 General Remarks, Future Research, and Summary 51 11.0 Acknowledgements 53 12.0 References 53

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