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Author
Miyama, J. | Watanabe, A.
Title
False Alarm of Smoke Detectors.
Coporate
Illuminating Engineering Inst., Japan
Sponsor
National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Report
NBS SP 540,
Distribution
Available from Government Printing Office
Book or Conf
National Bureau of Standards. Fire Research and Safety. 3rd Joint Panel Proceedings Conference of the U.S. Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resouces (UJNR). March 13-17, 1978, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD, Sherald, M. A., Editors, 46-53 p., 1979
Keywords
false alarms | smoke detectors
Abstract
The causes of false alarm of smoke detectors are described together with the standards for device and installation of smoke detectors, and the means to avoid false alarm are presented.