This paper describes the post-flashover use of the FASTLite program and illustrates typical output for a post-flashover fire in a single room. The program is shown to model heat release and fire duration in a rational way, but some calculated compartment temperatures appear to be too high. Suggestions are made for using the program in its current form and for future improvements.
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