- Author
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Milke, J. A.
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Hill, S. M.
- Title
- Full-Scale Room Fire Experiments Conducted at the University of Maryland.
- Coporate
- Maryland Univ., College Park
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NIST GCR 96-703
October 1996
32 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- NIST-GRANT-43NANB600819
- Keywords
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fire markings
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fire research
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full scale burn
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ignition
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bedrooms
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experiments
- Identifiers
- Burn #1 - Burn tower, Training Academy, Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute, University of Maryland, June 5, 1996; Burn #2 - Burn Tower, Training Academy, Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute, University of Maryland, June 6, 1996
- Abstract
- Two full size furnished bedrooms were burned, June 5 and June 6, at the University of Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute Facilities. These burns were performed for two cooperating agencies: The Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Agency of the Treasury Department, who used them as part of their Certified Fire Investigator training, and the Building and Fire Research Laboratory of NIST, who used them for forensic research. It was intended that these two burns be identical, to see if close analysis of the results would find differences. There were differences, possibly due to small differences in the inflow of ventilation air. In both cases, ignition was caused by burning newspaper on an upholstered chair. This report describes the test arrangement and instrumented results.