- Author
- Smith, J. B. | Cousins, E. W. | Miller, M. J. | Newman, R. M.
- Title
- Fire Safety Upgrading for Fallout Shelters in Buildings. Final Report. June-November 1964.
- Coporate
- Factory Mutual Research Corp., Norwood, MA
- Report
- Report 15903, November 20, 1964, 11 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- N228-62479-65613
- Keywords
- shelters (fallout) | fire safety | structures | construction | occupants
- Abstract
- This report suggests methods, mainly untried, for upgrading on an emergency basis the fire safety of exiting fallout shelter buildings. The methods suggested are not substitutes for normal peacetime protection which may be: [1] hard to implement, [2] too costly, or [3] incompatible with flexibility of building operations. This report is based on the following concepts: [1] fire exposures to a shelter building from without must be denied entry to the shelter building, [2] fires in a shelter building must be promptly detected and suppressed or extinguished, and [3] occupants must be provided with an environment which will sustain life.