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Full-Scale Fire Tests in a Nursing Home Patient Room
Fourteen full-scale fire tests were conducted to validate provisions of the 1967 Life Safety Code which are applicable to nursing homes. The Life Safety Code is the fire safety standard which nursing homes must meet if they are to be certified under the Medicare or Medicaid programs. The objectives of the tests were to validate specific fire protection requirements stipulated in the code and to provide a basis for modifications deemed essential for the protection of patients in nursing homes. Five tests were conducted in a fire test laboratory that was representative of a nursing home constructed to be fire-resistant. Three tests were conducted in a vacated wood-frame nursing home, and six tests were performed in a modified apartment of brick-wood joist construction. It was determined that an ordinary noncombustible interior finish such as 1/2-inch gypsum board and plaster on wood, metal, or gypsum lath commonly found in wood-frame and brick-wood joist buildings provides adequate fire protection for the combustible structure in buildings with sprinklers. It was also found that fire safety construction standards and corridor wall construction having a 1-hour fire resistance rating provide no significant fire safety function in buildings protected by automatic sprinklers. Numerous charts and photographs depict the test results. These suggest that some changes in room door standards may be possible and that interior furnishings can be significant in buildings with no sprinklers. A list of references is included, and information on carbon monoxide absorption is appended.
Full-Scale Fire Tests in a Nursing Home Patient Room
Fourteen full-scale fire tests were conducted to validate provisions of the 1967 Life Safety Code which are applicable to nursing homes. The Life Safety Code is the fire safety standard which nursing homes must meet if they are to be certified under the Medicare or Medicaid programs. The objectives of the tests were to validate specific fire protection requirements stipulated in the code and to provide a basis for modifications deemed essential for the protection of patients in nursing homes. Five tests were conducted in a fire test laboratory that was representative of a nursing home constructed to be fire-resistant. Three tests were conducted in a vacated wood-frame nursing home, and six tests were performed in a modified apartment of brick-wood joist construction. It was determined that an ordinary noncombustible interior finish such as 1/2-inch gypsum board and plaster on wood, metal, or gypsum lath commonly found in wood-frame and brick-wood joist buildings provides adequate fire protection for the combustible structure in buildings with sprinklers. It was also found that fire safety construction standards and corridor wall construction having a 1-hour fire resistance rating provide no significant fire safety function in buildings protected by automatic sprinklers. Numerous charts and photographs depict the test results. These suggest that some changes in room door standards may be possible and that interior furnishings can be significant in buildings with no sprinklers. A list of references is included, and information on carbon monoxide absorption is appended.
Full-Scale Fire Tests in a Nursing Home Patient Room
1975
137 pages
Report
No indication
English
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