- Author
- Jones, W. W.
- Title
- Early Fire Detection for Assured Fire Safety in Buildings.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 14th Joint Panel Meeting. Proceedings. May 28-June 3, 1998, ['Tsukuba, Japan', 'Tokyo, Japan'], 52-55 p., 1998
- Keywords
- fire safety | fire detection | predictive models | fire models | computer models | sensors
- Identifiers
- CFAST (Consolidated Fire growth And Smoke Transport)
- Abstract
- The combination of better measurement technology, such as microelectronic sensors, and faster and cheaper computers provides the possibility of using fire modeling in situ, in real-time, to provide early and intelligent response to unusual events in the building environment. As transducers become more commonplace in the built environment, it is desirable to utilize this information in a more complete way to assure safety. There are two facets to doing this, incorporating our knowledge of fires and other extreme events into the measuring and reporting capability, and insuring that all systems are functioning the way in which they were intended. The former is commonly referred to as smart sensing, while the latter deals with fault detection and needed redundancy. These are the prime components of a system which will allow reliable real-time prediction of the environment in a building.