Santa Ana Fire Department Experiment at 1315 South Bristol, July 14, 1994. Report of Test.
Santa Ana Fire Department Experiment at 1315 South
Bristol, July 14, 1994. Report of Test.
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Putorti, A. D., Jr.; Walton, W. D.; Twilley, W. H.;
Deal, S.; Albers, J. C.
FR 3995; 21 p. August 31, 1994.
Fire Technology, Vol. 31, No. 1, 62-76, First Quarter
1995.
Available from:
National Technical Information Service
Order number: PB95-188868
Keywords:
fire departments; experiments; home fires; residential
buildings; smoke detectors; sprinklers; temperature;
large scale fire tests; single family dwellings;
sprinkler activation
Abstract:
This report of test addresses a fire experiment
conducted on July 14, 1994 in a vacant single family
dwelling at 1315 South Bristol Street in Santa Ana,
California. Fire phenomena measured included:
temperatures within various rooms, the velocity and
temperature of outflowing cases, smoke detector
activation time, sprinkler activation times, and time to
full room involvement.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899