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Impact of Interior Doors on Residential Fire Safety
Doors play an important role in residential fire safety. Research has documented that doors can be an effective means to slow the spread of fire and smoke in home fires and have the potential to increase the available egress time for home occupants. While doors can be used as valuable barriers to the effects of fire, they can also serve as obstacles for detection, occupant notification, and evacuation. The impact of doors in residential fires can be influenced by both human and fire behaviors. Additionally, there may be a risk of pressure peaks during the early stage of the fire that may make it difficult to open doors that do not open outwards. This chapter provides an overview of the role interior doors play in residential fires, including the benefits, inhibiting factors, and unknowns.
Impact of Interior Doors on Residential Fire Safety
Doors play an important role in residential fire safety. Research has documented that doors can be an effective means to slow the spread of fire and smoke in home fires and have the potential to increase the available egress time for home occupants. While doors can be used as valuable barriers to the effects of fire, they can also serve as obstacles for detection, occupant notification, and evacuation. The impact of doors in residential fires can be influenced by both human and fire behaviors. Additionally, there may be a risk of pressure peaks during the early stage of the fire that may make it difficult to open doors that do not open outwards. This chapter provides an overview of the role interior doors play in residential fires, including the benefits, inhibiting factors, and unknowns.
Impact of Interior Doors on Residential Fire Safety
The soc. of Fire Protection Engineers Series
Runefors, Marcus (editor) / Andersson, Ragnar (editor) / Delin, Mattias (editor) / Gell, Thomas (editor) / Hutchison, Victoria N. (author) / Hostikka, Simo (author)
2022-08-28
16 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English