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Author
Cooper, L. Y.
Title
Calculating Escape Time from Fires.
Coporate
National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Book or Conf
Society for Fire Protection Engineers and the National Bureau of Standards. Engineering Applications of Fire Technology Workshop Proceedings. April 16-18, 1980., Society for Fire Protection Engineers, Boston, MA, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD, Nelson, H. E., Editors, 195-214 p., 1983
Keywords
escape means | alarm responses | fire alarm systems | fire detection systems | escape | egress
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to present a technique for calculating minimum safe available egress times from fires. Safe available egress time means the interval between the time of fire detection and alarm and the time when hazardous conditions prevail.