- Author
- Su, J. Z. | Crampton, G. P. | Carpenter, D. w. | McCartney, C. | Leroux, P.
- Title
- Burnt Offerings: Kemano, A Deserted Town in Remote British Columbia, Provided the Ideal Ground for Testing a Sprinkler's Ability to Put out House Fires.
- Coporate
- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Journal
- Canadian Consulting Engineer, Vol. 43, No. 3, 26, May 2002
- Distribution
- FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: National Research Council of Canada, Institute for Research in Construction, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Telephone (613) 993-2607, Fax: (613) 952-7673, Email: [email protected], Website: http://www.nrc.ca/irc/ircpubs FULL DOCUMENT IN PDF: http://www.nrc.ca/ fulltext/prac/nrcc45664/nrcc45664.pdf
- Keywords
- sprinklers | home fires | fire tests | sprinkler systems | experiments | wooden structures
- Identifiers
- Kemano, British Columiba, was a company town built 50 years ago by Alcan Smelters and Chemicals to support its hydroelectric station