- Author
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Butler, H.
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Bowyer, A.
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Kew, J.
- Title
- Locating Fire Alarm Sounders for Audibility. Final Report.
- Coporate
- Building Services Research and Information Assoc., Berkshire, England
- Report
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BSRIA ApplicationGuide 1/81,
August 1981,
34 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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fire alarm systems
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bells
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sirens
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building codes
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safety engineering
- Identifiers
- design criteria; fire alarm sounders; location planning
- Abstract
- Methods are provided for calculating sound levels from fire alarm sounders (bells and sirens) at various positions within a building. The simple estimating procedure enables the optimum positioning of fire alarms, based on specifications given in British Standard 5839 Part 1, 1980. A series of worked examples is included. Also provided as an appendix is a useful introduction to sound measurement. Results of tests by BSRIA on representative bells and sirens are described.