MOP 78提供了关于改善建筑物消防安全的当前技术和发展的信息。由ASCEStructural Fire Protection的结构部门赞助，提供有关当前技术和发展的信息，以提高建筑物的消防安全。本实践手册为制定计算结构构件耐火性的新标准奠定了基础。主题包括:建筑设计和消防安全，包括建筑规范；结构防火原理，包括外壳内火灾的发展以及高温下火灾对混凝土、钢和木材性能的影响；建筑构件的耐火性，包括计算方法；火灾温度和随时间的影响；以及计算温度和耐火性的数学模型。MOP 78将对建筑师、工程师、建筑官员和在结构防火安全领域工作的学生有用。

MOP 78 provides information on current techniques and developments to improve fire safety in buildings.Sponsored by the Structural Division of ASCEStructural Fire Protection provides information on current techniques and developments to improve fire safety in buildings. This Manual of Practice establishes a basis for developing new standards to calculate the fire resistance of structural members.Topics include: building design and fire safety, including building codes; principles of structural fire protection, including the development of fire in enclosures and the effect of fire on the behavior of concrete, steel and wood at elevated temperatures; fire resistance of building elements, including calculation methods; fire temperatures and effects over time; and mathematical models for calculating temperature and fire resistance.MOP 78 will be useful to architects, engineers, building officials, and students working in the area of structural fire safety.