- Author
- Burgi, H.
- Title
- Fire Tests With Cars Parked in an Enclosed Car Park Building.
- Coporate
- Berne City Fire Dept.
- Keywords
- garages | automobiles | fire tests | fire load
- Abstract
- Two interesting fire test series have so far been carried out in Swiss car parks, for the purpose of: (a) measuring the room temperatures; (b) measuring the concentrations of combustion gases; (c) assessing the chances of a fire developing within a car; (d) observing the spread of fire and smoke; (e) establishing the effectiveness of automatic fire alarm and extinguishing systems. Fire, alarm and extinguishing tests in an underground car prk, carried out in the "Rive Centre" Garage, Geneva, on JUne 20, 1963; report by the Geneva Fire Service. Steinenschanze Garage fire tests, Basie, carried out on April 24, 1969; report by the Fire Inspectorte, City of Basle.