- Author
- Nelson, H. E.
- Title
- Smoke Movement in Buildings.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NFPA FPH 1686,
- Book or Conf
- Fire Protection Handbook. 16th Edition. Section 7. Chapter 10, National Fire Protection Assoc., Quincy, MA, Cote, A. E. and Linville, J. L., Editors, 7/125-136 p., 1986
- Keywords
- smoke movement | high rise buildings | smoke control | flame height | gas temperature | stack effect | smoke filling
- Identifiers
- smoke zones; designed smoke control; smoke filling of a space
- Abstract
- Smoke and fire gases, inherent in all accidental fires, are dangerous products of combustion that have critical influences on life safety, property protection, and fire suppression practices in buildings. In some fires the volume of smoke is so great that it may fill an entire building and obscure visibility at the street level to such an extent that it is difficult to identify the fire involved building. In other incidents the volume of smoke generation may be considerably less, although the danger to life is not necessarily diminished because of the presence of other airborne products of combustion.