- Author
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Gottuk, D. T.
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Wright, M. T.
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Wong, J. T.
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Pham, H.
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Rose-Pehrsson, S. L.
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Hart, S. J.
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Hammond, M.
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Williams, F. W.
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Tatem, P. A.
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Street, T. T.
- Title
- Prototype Early Warning Fire Detection System: Test Series 4 Results. Interim Report. January-June 2001.
- Coporate
- Hughes Associates, Inc., Baltimore, MD
Nova Research Inc., Alexandria, VA
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- Office of Naval Research, Washington, DC
- Report
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NRL/MR/6180-02-8602,
February 15, 2002,
62 p.
- Keywords
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fire detection systems
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warning systems
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sensors
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fire detection
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fire detectors
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ships
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damage control
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scenarios
- Identifiers
- Early Warning Fire Detection (EWFD); multrivariate analysis
- Abstract
- This work is a continuation of a multi-year effort to develop an early-warning fire detection system (EWFD) that is highly immune to nuisance alarms. The work was conducted under the Office of Naval Research (ONR's) sponsored program Damage Control-Automation for Reduced Manning (DC-ARM) as part of a smart system capable of providing automated damage control. In previous years, efforts have focused on identifying appropriate sensors and candidate multivariate alarm algorithms. Based on this work, different prototype detection systems were evaluated in real-time operation during three test series and a demonstration onboard the ex-USS Shadwell, the Naval Research Laboratory's full scale fire research facility in Mobile, Alabama. The FY01 work is aimed at refining and improving the alarm algorithm based on the data obtained during the FY00 test series and to develop a 14 unit prototype detection system that will operate in real-time. this test series (Series 4) is being conducted to evaluate the implementation of the expanded alarm system and to evaluate various aspects of performance. The test sderies was conducted from February 26-March 9, 2001.