- Author
- Bukowski, R. W.
- Title
- Fire Detection and Alarm Systems.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NBSIR 86-3360, April 1986, 14 p.
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161. Telephone: 1-800-553-6847 or 703-605-6000; Fax: 703-605-6900; Rush Service (Telephone Orders Only) 800-553-6847; Website: http://www.ntis.gov
- Book or Conf
- National Bureau of Standards. Workshop on Fire Protection Technology. April 27-28, 1986, Cairo, Egypt, 25-38 p., 1986
- Keywords
- fire detection | fire detection systems | fire alarm systems | smoke | heat detection
- Abstract
- Fire detectors sense the presence of fire by responding to changes in their local environment which are indicative of a fire within their associated area of coverage. The goal is to select conditions for sensing which appear as early as possible and which are present at levels sufficiently above those which might be produced by non-fire conditions to minimize false alarms. Such conditions are referred to as fire signatures. Not all unwanted fire conditions produce all fire signatures, so optimum detector system design requires that the detector types selected must be matched to the hazard present.