Citation

Budnick EK. Fire Technol. 1984; 20(3): 5-22.

Affiliation

National Bureau of Standards

Copyright

(Copyright © 1984, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF02384161

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The report provides a qualitative assessment of the life safety impact of early warning fire detection and automatic sprinkler technology in residential occupancies. This assessment is based on the results of full-scale studies and statistics on residential fire fatalities from the NFIRS data base.
Estimates of the impact of three alternatives, smoke detectors, standard automatic sprinklers, and residential sprinklers, are provided for major fire hazard scenarios in residential occupancies. The results of this study indicate that significant life safety benefits can be derived from broad application of detectors and sprinklers in all residential buildings.