Fire Protection

Description

The Second Edition of this introduction to fire protection systems is completely revised and updated to offer the student, architect or engineer the basics of fire protection devices and equipment, and how they may be applied to any given project. Fire Protection: Detection, Notification, and Suppression reveals the “nuts and bolts” of fire protection system selection, design and equipment in an applied approach. Whether a mechanical engineer, safety engineer, architect, estimator, fire service personnel, or student studying in these areas, the authors show the pros and the cons of protection systems being proposed, and how they should be compared to one another. It also gives non-fire engineering practitioners a sense of proportion when they are put in a position to select a consultant, and to give a sense of what the consultant may be doing and how a system is being matched to the hazard. Beginning fire protection engineers could also use its language for writing a report about these systems for a client. Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Unwanted Fire and Fire Growth (Robert C. Till, J. Walter Coon)....Pages 1-10 Automatic Sprinkler Heads (Robert C. Till, J. Walter Coon)....Pages 11-25 Other Detection and Alarm Devices (Robert C. Till, J. Walter Coon)....Pages 27-38 Notification (Robert C. Till, J. Walter Coon)....Pages 39-44 Fire Pumps and Water Supplies (Robert C. Till, J. Walter Coon)....Pages 45-61 Underground Fire Mains (Robert C. Till, J. Walter Coon)....Pages 63-68 Equipment and Devices (Robert C. Till, J. Walter Coon)....Pages 69-74 Firefighter Intervention: Manual Fire Suppression (Robert C. Till, J. Walter Coon)....Pages 75-88 Sprinkler Systems and Their Types (Robert C. Till, J. Walter Coon)....Pages 89-124 Hydraulic Calculations of Sprinkler Systems (Robert C. Till, J. Walter Coon)....Pages 125-145 Foam Systems (Robert C. Till, J. Walter Coon)....Pages 147-157 Dry-Agent Automatic Suppression Systems (Robert C. Till, J. Walter Coon)....Pages 159-188 Regulatory Agencies, Authorities and Organizations (Robert C. Till, J. Walter Coon)....Pages 189-197 Fire Suppression System Specifications (Robert C. Till, J. Walter Coon)....Pages 199-205