- Author
- Rajan, K. S. | Snelson, A. | Schechter, H. R. | Mniszewski, K. R. | Waterman, T. E. | Yamate, G. | Harpe, S. W.
- Title
- New Concepts of Fire Detection.
- Coporate
- IIT Research Inst., Chicago, IL Underwriters Laboratories, Northbrook, IL
- Sponsor
- Fire Administration, Washington, DC IIT Research Inst., Chicago, IL
- Report
- Project J6391; Project 77NK1309, December 1978, 97 p.
- Contract
- NSF-C76-19255
- Keywords
- fire detection systems | false alarms
- Identifiers
- detection systems
- Abstract
- This study was directed toward defining the differences in response of various detection concepts to both real and false fire signatures. Section 2 discusses the "multimode" detection concept of systems employing more than one detection mode and/or requiring more than one detector to operate prior to general alarm. Measurements of the response of the principal detector types to common household contaminants is presented as a guide to the design of future multimode systems.