Aircraft Cargo Area Fire Detection.
Aircraft Cargo Area Fire Detection.
(655 K)
Blake, D.; O'Sullivan, J.; Hammann, S.; Kolleck, M.;
Cleary, T. G.
NISTIR 6146; 34 p. March 1998.
Nuisance Alarms in Aircraft Cargo Areas and Critical
Telecommunications Systems: Third (3rd) NIST Fire
Detector Workshop. Proceedings. National Institute of
Standards and Technology. December 4-5, 1997,
Gaithersburg, MD, Grosshandler, W. L., Editor(s), 9-13
pp, 1998.
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Order number: PB98-144538
Keywords:
fire detection; fire detection systems; cargo space;
telecommunications; smoke detectors; false alarms;
decision making; commercial aircraft
Abstract:
Overviews of fire deteciton in aircraft cargo areas were
presented by David Blake of the Federal Aviation
Administration, John O'Sullivan of British Airways,
Scott Hammann of Boeing Company, and Matt Koleck
ofBooz-Allen & Hamilton. The breakout discussion
sessions were headed by Thomas Cleary of NIST and Davis
Blake of the FAA. The following sections are a
synthesis of their comments.
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