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Author
Grosshandler, W. L.
Title
Introduction to Nuisance Alarms in Aircraft Cargo Areas and Critical Telecommunication Systems.
Coporate
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
Report
NISTIR 6146
March 1998
34 p.
Distribution
Available from National Technical Information Service
Book or Conf
Nuisance Alarms in Aircraft Cargo Areas and Critical Telecommunications Systems: Third (3rd) NIST Fire Detector Workshop. Proceedings. National Institute of Standards and Technology. December 4-5, 1997, Gaithersburg, MD, Grosshandler, W. L., Editors, 1-1 p., 1998
Keywords
fire detection | fire detection systems | cargo space | telecommunications | smoke detectors | false alarms | decision making | commercial aircraft
Abstract
The Building and Fire Research Laboratory at NIST held the third in a series of workshops on the topic of fire detection in December 1997 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The previous workshop, held in February of 1995, had a number of objectives: to identify the needs of users and specifiers of fire detection systems which were not being met; to highlight future needs which could result from new developments in the construction, transportation, and manufacturing sectors, or from regulatory changes; to identify generic technological barriers which were limiting the fire protection industry from fully meeting the users' needs; and to develop a research agenda and recommend priorities to enable U.S. industry to overcome these technological barriers.