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Some overlooked aspects of the severity of compartment fires

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40001697
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  1. National Research Council of Canada
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SubjectFire; fire spread; fire safety; convection; ventilation; fire compartments
Abstract
Because of drafts, the ventilation of realworld compartment fires is usually more intense than that in classic burn experiments. Fortunately, the potential for fires to spread by structural destruction, irrespective of the nature of fire load, decreases with increasing ventilation, so that designing the fire resistance of the compartment boundaries on the assumption of classic conditions is a safe practice. Fires, however, do not usually spread by structural destruction but rather by the convection of uncombusted fuel volatiles. In deciding on measures for the prevention of convective fire spread the assumption of classic conditions is not necessarily a safe practice. Self-closing doors, fire drainage facilities, and flame deflectors may often prove powerful tools in the provision of fire safety.
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PublisherNational Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research
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  • Paper (National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research), no. DBR-P-983 (March 1981).
NoteReprinted from: Fire Safety Journal, v. 3, 1980/81, p. 261-271. ISSN: 0379-7112
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
NRC numberNRCC 19451
NRC-IRC-1506
NPARC number20386365
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