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Mobile Home Smoke Detector Siting Study

W. M. Gawin / R. G. Bright

An investigation was conducted to evaluate the significance of smoke detector locations to response time for a specific set of fire conditions in a mobile home. Parameters having the potential of affecting response time include: the physical location within a mobile home such as inside wall vs outside wall or wall versus ceiling installations; the impact of air circulation resulting from the operation of the heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning system; and the basic detector parameter of smoke detector alarm threshold. For the study only photoelectric-type smoke detectors were used. These detectors utilize the Tyndall Effect in their sensing mechanism. This limitation was imposed to limit the number of variables. Detector response was evaluated for fires in both smoldering and flaming modes. The results of the study provide a case for wall installations as opposed to ceiling installations.

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Mobile Home Smoke Detector Siting Study

W. M. Gawin / R. G. Bright

An investigation was conducted to evaluate the significance of smoke detector locations to response time for a specific set of fire conditions in a mobile home. Parameters having the potential of affecting response time include: the physical location within a mobile home such as inside wall vs outside wall or wall versus ceiling installations; the impact of air circulation resulting from the operation of the heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning system; and the basic detector parameter of smoke detector alarm threshold. For the study only photoelectric-type smoke detectors were used. These detectors utilize the Tyndall Effect in their sensing mechanism. This limitation was imposed to limit the number of variables. Detector response was evaluated for fires in both smoldering and flaming modes. The results of the study provide a case for wall installations as opposed to ceiling installations.

Mobile Home Smoke Detector Siting Study

W. M. Gawin / R. G. Bright

An investigation was conducted to evaluate the significance of smoke detector locations to response time for a specific set of fire conditions in a mobile home. Parameters having the potential of affecting response time include: the physical location within a mobile home such as inside wall vs outside wall or wall versus ceiling installations; the impact of air circulation resulting from the operation of the heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning system; and the basic detector parameter of smoke detector alarm threshold. For the study only photoelectric-type smoke detectors were used. These detectors utilize the Tyndall Effect in their sensing mechanism. This limitation was imposed to limit the number of variables. Detector response was evaluated for fires in both smoldering and flaming modes. The results of the study provide a case for wall installations as opposed to ceiling installations.

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Title:

Mobile Home Smoke Detector Siting Study

Contributors:

W. M. Gawin (author) / R. G. Bright (author)

Publication date:

1976

Size:

54 pages

Type of media:

Report

Type of material:

No indication

Language:

English

Keywords:

Building Industry Technology , Fire detection systems , Smoke , Houses , Trailers , Position(Location) , Optimization , Comparison , Effectiveness , Time , Performance evaluation , Warning systems , Walls , Ceilings(Architecture) , Detectors , Photoelectricity , Mobile homes , Smoke detectors

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