Wood frame house construction is very common in North America. These structures arevulnerable to fire hazard. fire following an earthquake event is not uncommon. After anearthquake the structure may sustain a considerable damage and the fire resistance of the systemwill be significantly impaired. Current building codes do not take this into account adequately.This article presents a framework for carrying out a systematic study for post-earthquke fireperformance of buildings structures. In addition, a simulation of fire performance of a stud wallsystem has been carried out. The wall system was a part of an earlier experimental study. Thevalidated simulation model would be used from futher analysis of post-earthquake fire responseas envisioned in the framework presented here.
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