- Author
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Kerber, S.
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Madrzykowski, D.
- Title
- Go With the Flow.
- Coporate
- Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., Northbrook, IL
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
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Fire and Rescue Magazine,
Vol. 27,
No. 11,
36-38,
November 2009
- Keywords
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ventilation
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fire departments
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fire fighters
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fire safety
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experiments
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fans
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room fires
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heat release rate
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high rise buildings
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case histories
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carbon monoxide
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impact
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wind effets
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fire spread
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flashover
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apartments
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occupants
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exposure
- Identifiers
- Positive Pressure Ventilation (PVV); Fire Fighting Technology Group (FFTG); Chicago Fire Department obtained permission to conduct tests in a 16-story high-rise slated for demolition
- Abstract
- The Building and Fire Research Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) created a Fire Fighting Technology Group (FFTG) to research the needs of the fire service. One key objective of the group: to provide information that improves firefighter safety. The FFTG recently completed a 7-year study on positivepressure ventilation (PPV). Tis article provides some of the practical results from the seven reports documenting the study.