- 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.