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Santa Ana Fire Department Experiments at South Bristol Street (NISTIR 5776)

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Author(s)

William D. Walton, Anthony D. Putorti Jr., W H. Twilley, John Albers

Abstract

A series of fire experiments were conducted in vacant single family dwellings on South Bristol Street in Santa Ana, California. Fire experiments were conducted in bedrooms and living rooms. Fuels consisted of either home furnishings or a propane burner. Fire phenomena measured included: temperatures within various rooms, wall jet velocity, fuel mass during burning, heat flux smoke detector activation time, sprinkler activation time, oxygen concentration, and time to full room involvement.
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 5776
Report Number
5776
NIST Pub Series
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.5776

Keywords

bedrooms, fire tests, furniture, home fires, single family dwellings, smoke detectors, sprinklers, temperature measurements, experiments, oxygen concentration, sprinkler activation
Buildings and Construction and Fire

Citation

Walton, W. , Putorti, A. , Twilley, W. and Albers, J. (1996), Santa Ana Fire Department Experiments at South Bristol Street (NISTIR 5776), NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.5776 (Accessed November 8, 2024)

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Created February 1, 1996, Updated November 10, 2018