- Author
- U.S. Fire Sprinkler Reporter
- Title
- Limited Water Supply Fire Suppression Technologies Demonstrated at NIST.
- Journal
- U.S. Fire Sprinkler Reporter, Vol. 10, No. 10, 1,3-10, April 1996
- Keywords
- water supply | fire suppression | sprinklers | water mist | fire losses | life safety | fire tests | nozzles | living rooms | instruments | temperature | oxygen | carbon dioxide
- Identifiers
- Limited Area Dwelling Sprinkler (LADS); prototype fire sprinkler and water mist systems that have the potential to suppress residential fires using as little as 50 to 100 gallons of water; Hughes Associates undertook initial feasibility testing; three fire events presented at afternoon session; Box 1: Water Mist System Test at the National Institute of Standards and Technology on March 12, 1996; Box 2: Limited Area Dwelling System Test at the National Institute of Standards and Technology on March 12, 1996; Box 3: Test of a fire with no suppression system at the National Institute of Standards and Technology on March 12, 1996
- Abstract
- Approximately a hundred people showed up at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on March 12, 1996, to hear and see the latest in limited water supply fire suppression technologies. The workshop, which was sponsored by the U.S. Fire Administration presented an overview of current research on fire suppression systems that use limited water supplied. Firefighters and fire researchers from across the United States viewed the progress that has been made in limited area dwelling sprinkler (LADS) systems and in residential water mist systems.