- Author
- Blake, D.
- Title
- Evaluation of Large Class B Cargo Compartment's Fire Protection. Final Report.
- Coporate
- Federal Aviation Administration, Atlantic City International Airport, NJ
- Sponsor
- Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC
- Report
- DOT/FAA/AR-96/5; AAR-422, June 1996, 35 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- compartments | fire protection | fire tests | containment
- Identifiers
- fire containment covers; fire resistant containers; total flood extinguishing system
- Abstract
- Twenty-six tests were conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of current fire safety requirements for large Class B cargo compartments as well as proposed improvements to the requirements. The major findings were that the current requirements are not effective on the types of fires tested and that there are several alternatives that could be implemented to better enable a large Class B compartment to withstand the types of fires tested.