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Fire Detection
Detection is the event that launches the building's fire response. Detection may involve detection instruments only, humans only, or both. Equipment evaluations are relatively methodical and orderly, but human interactions involve greater variability and uncertainty. This chapter discusses detectors, their operating principles, and the transfer of products of combustion (POC) from a fire to detector locations. Heat detectors and smoke detectors are two common spot detection instruments. Flame detectors provide extremely fast fire detection by “seeing” the radiant energy produced by combustion. A detection analysis assumes complete reliability of the detection system. Humans can detect a fire by sensing the POCs associated with feeling heat, smelling smoke, seeing light, or hearing noise. A qualitative analysis is the only process available to evaluate human detection. Variability analyses can organize the sensitivity studies to examine appropriate “what if” situations.
Fire Detection
Detection is the event that launches the building's fire response. Detection may involve detection instruments only, humans only, or both. Equipment evaluations are relatively methodical and orderly, but human interactions involve greater variability and uncertainty. This chapter discusses detectors, their operating principles, and the transfer of products of combustion (POC) from a fire to detector locations. Heat detectors and smoke detectors are two common spot detection instruments. Flame detectors provide extremely fast fire detection by “seeing” the radiant energy produced by combustion. A detection analysis assumes complete reliability of the detection system. Humans can detect a fire by sensing the POCs associated with feeling heat, smelling smoke, seeing light, or hearing noise. A qualitative analysis is the only process available to evaluate human detection. Variability analyses can organize the sensitivity studies to examine appropriate “what if” situations.
Fire Detection
Fitzgerald, Robert W. (author) / Meacham, Brian J. (author)
Fire Performance Analysis for Buildings ; 193-202
2017-03-21
10 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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