- Author
- Klote, J. H.
- Title
- Plaza Hotel Fire Experiments.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- ASHRAE Journal, Vol. 32, No. 10, 25-26,28-29, October 1990
- Keywords
- hotels | experiments | smoke control | smoke movement | elevator shafts
- Identifiers
- unsprinklered fires; smoke bomb tests
- Abstract
- Smoke is recognized as the major killer in building fires. Smoke often migrates to building locations remote from the fire space, threatening life and damaging property. Stairwells and elevator shafts frequently become smoke-clogged, thereby blocking evacuation and inhibiting rescue and firefighting.