Abstract | A national experimental facility , the NRC National Fire Laboratory (NFL) - formerly the Fire Research Field Station (FRFS) - was designed, constructed and instrumented for conducting large scale fire experiments.The laboratory consists of two major experimental facilities ; the burn hall and the 10-storey fire tower, which are interconnected by a service building. The fire tower is designed mainly for research on smoke movementand control methods in tall buildings. This report describes the fire tower, as part of the NFL, including the structure and layout, mechanical pressurization and exhaust systems, instrumentation and measuringtechniques, data acquisitian system, and the gas burner system used for fire simulation. The tower's research and development capabilities are also summarized. |
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