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Environmental Benefits of Rapid Fire Detection

Mcnamee, Robert LU ; Mcnamee, Margaret LU ; Meacham, Brian LU and Amon, Francine (2023) In TVBB
Abstract
A study has been undertaken to investigate the environmental implication of early detection of a fire for the environmental impact of the fire when taking into account the global impact of the intervention itself and the need to replace building and contents as a function of the size and duration of the fire. The various scenarios investigated show that the greatest benefit is gained if a fire is detected early and can be extinguished while small without the intervention of the fire service. Significant savings can also be made if a sprinkler can keep the fire small while the fire service is on their way to the fire so that they meet a small fire which they can rapidly extinguish once they are on the scene. The methodology is based on an... (More)
A study has been undertaken to investigate the environmental implication of early detection of a fire for the environmental impact of the fire when taking into account the global impact of the intervention itself and the need to replace building and contents as a function of the size and duration of the fire. The various scenarios investigated show that the greatest benefit is gained if a fire is detected early and can be extinguished while small without the intervention of the fire service. Significant savings can also be made if a sprinkler can keep the fire small while the fire service is on their way to the fire so that they meet a small fire which they can rapidly extinguish once they are on the scene. The methodology is based on an assumption of a single enclosure size, a generic fire load, detection and response. Future work should investigate different building typologies, fire loads and response types. (Less)
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  author       = {{Mcnamee, Robert and Mcnamee, Margaret and Meacham, Brian and Amon, Francine}},
  institution  = {{Lund University}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3257}},
  series       = {{TVBB}},
  title        = {{Environmental Benefits of Rapid Fire Detection}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/173443064/Report_Environmental_Impacts_of_Rapid_Fire_Detection_-_Nov_30_2023_FINAL_rev2.pdf}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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