- Author
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Rajan, K. S.
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Snelson, A.
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Schechter, H. R.
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Mniszewski, K. R.
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Waterman, T. E.
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Yamate, G.
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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
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Project J6391; Project 77NK1309,
December 1978,
97 p.
- Contract
- NSF-C76-19255
- Keywords
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fire detection systems
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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.