Nuisance Alarms in Aircraft Cargo Areas and Critical Telecommunications Systems: Proceedings of the Third NIST Fire Detector Workshop.
Nuisance Alarms in Aircraft Cargo Areas and Critical
Telecommunications Systems: Proceedings of the Third
NIST Fire Detector Workshop.
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Grosshandler, W. L.
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), 1998.
Available from:
National Technical Information Service
Order number: PB98-144538
Keywords:
fire detection; fire detection systems; cargo space;
telecommunications; smoke detectors; false alarms;
decision making; commercial aircraft
Abstract:
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The need for faster and more intelligent decision making
regarding the presence or absence of a fire threat has
become acute in the commercial aircraft and
telecommunications industries, both of which have been
particularly hard-hit by the cessation of halon
production. The drive toward earlier detection has as a
consequence the possibility of increased rate of
nuisance alarms; however, there are no accepted
standards against which a fire detection system can be
operated to assess its immunity to false alarms. A
workshop was held at NIST with the main objective to
identify physical sources of nuisance alarms that may
plague current and emerging fire detection technologies
for telecommunications applications and for aircraft
cargo areas, to reach consensus on what test methods are
appropriate to evaluate a detection system's immunity to
false alarm in the presence of physical nuisance
sources, and to recommend actions to develop and/or
implement these new test methods. The workshop
consisted of a number of invited background talks from
representatives of the aircraft and telecommunications
industries and government agencies. Among the topics
discussed were defining realistic fire threats and
simulating them; documenting existing environments;
simulating environments that lead to false alarms;
determining requirements of the industry with regard to
the tolerable rate of nuisance alarms; and examing
current operating practices as a means to idenfity
opportunities to reduce false alarms.
Selected Papers
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Introduction to Nuisance Alarms in Aircraft Cargo Areas and Critical Telecommunication Systems.
Grosshandler, W. L.
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Fire Detection for Critical Telecommunications Equipment.
Marts, R.; Hanley, M.; Betz, J.; Parssinen, J.; Bukowski, R. W.; Braun, E.
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Aircraft Cargo Area Fire Detection.
Blake, D.; O'Sullivan, J.; Hammann, S.; Kolleck, M.; Cleary, T. G.
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Evaluating Fire Detection Systems Response to Nuisance Sources. Appendix A-Appendix E.
Grosshandler, W. L.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899