Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Overview of Current Practice -- Ch. 3. Structural Fire Load and Computer Models -- Ch. 4. Differential Equations and Assumptions -- Ch. 5. Simplifications of Differential Equations -- Ch. 6. fire Load and Severity of Fires -- Ch. 7. Structural Analysis and Design -- References -- Appendix A: National Institute of Standards and Technology )NIST( Best Practices -- Appendix B: NIST Surveys for Fire Loads