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Search Publications by: Thomas Cleary (Fed)

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A Test Methodology for Multiple Sensor Multiple Criteria Alarms

September 26, 2004
Author(s)
Thomas G. Cleary
Multiple sensor-multiple criteria fire alarms hold promise for improving fire detection by both increasing sensitivity to fire while decreasing nuisance alarms. Eventually, to provide a fair assessment of performance, some type of uniform testing protocol

Residential Nuisance Source Characteristics for Smoke Alarm Testing

September 16, 2004
Author(s)
Thomas G. Cleary
Nuisance scenario tests were performed in the manufactured home used in the Home Smoke Alarm fire test series. The scenario selections were based on what are commonly thought to be causes of residential nuisance alarms, and were designed to mimic normal

Urban/Widlland Fires: Ignition by Embers

July 7, 2004
Author(s)
Samuel L. Manzello, Thomas G. Cleary, Jiann C. Yang
Urban-wildland fires have plagued the United States for centuries. Embers are produced as trees and other objects burn in urban-wildland fires. These embers are entrained in the atmosphere and may be carried by winds over long distances. Hot embers

Performance of Home Smoke Alarms, Analysis of the Response of Several Available Technologies in Residential Fire Settings.

December 1, 2003
Author(s)
Richard W. Bukowski, Richard D. Peacock, Jason D. Averill, Thomas G. Cleary, Nelson P. Bryner, Paul A. Reneke
This report presents the results of the project and provides details of the response of a range of residential smoke alarm technologies in a controlled laboratory test and in a series of real-scale tests conducted in two different residential structures