- Author
- Nelson, H. E. | Shibe, A. J.
- Title
- Development of a Fire Evaluation System for Detention and Correctional Occupancies.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- Department of Justice, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBSIR 84-2976, January 1985, 121 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- correctional institutions | fire safety | fire safety evaluation system | prisons
- Identifiers
- FSESDCO
- Abstract
- A Fire Safety Evaluation System for Detention and Correctional Occupancies has been developed. It can be used for determining whether a facility has fire safety equivalent to that obtained by meeting the requirement of a given code. The system was calibrated for use with proposed chapters for detection and correctional occupancies of the Life Safety Code (1985). There are separate sets of requirements for each of four use conditions: one for zoned egress, one for zoned impeded egress, one for impeded egress, and one for contained. Within each set, there are two levels of evaluation: one for partially sprinklered and non-sprinklered buildings, and one for totally sprinklered buildings.