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Fire Protection

Systems and Response

Fire Protection

Systems and Response

ByRobert Burke
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2007
eBook Published 6 November 2007
Pub. location Boca Raton
Imprint CRC Press
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1201/9780203484999
Pages 312 pages
eBook ISBN 9780203484999
SubjectsBuilt Environment, Engineering & Technology, Politics & International Relations
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Burke, R. (2007). Fire Protection. Boca Raton: CRC Press, https://doi.org/10.1201/9780203484999
ABOUT THIS BOOK

The modern definition of firefighter no longer means �putting the wet stuff on the red stuff.� Emergency responders answer incidents ranging from fire alarm activations to elevator rescues and medical emergencies more often than full-blown fires. Consequently, responders increasingly interface with a wide array of building systems. Underscoring the

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|38 pages
Introduction
View abstract
chapter 2|38 pages
Arriving.on.Scene
View abstract
chapter 3|40 pages
Fire.Alarm.Systems
View abstract
chapter 4|40 pages
Suppression.Systems
View abstract
chapter 5|34 pages
Standpipes/FDC/Water.Supplies
View abstract
chapter 6|24 pages
Portable.Fire.Extinguishers
View abstract
chapter 7|34 pages
Elevators.and.Controls
View abstract
chapter 8|6 pages
Standby.Power.and.Emergency.Lighting
View abstract
chapter 9|22 pages
HVAC,.Smoke.Control,.and.Other.Building.Systems
View abstract
chapter 10|12 pages
Inspection,.Testing,.and.Maintenance
View abstract

The modern definition of firefighter no longer means �putting the wet stuff on the red stuff.� Emergency responders answer incidents ranging from fire alarm activations to elevator rescues and medical emergencies more often than full-blown fires. Consequently, responders increasingly interface with a wide array of building systems. Underscoring the

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|38 pages
Introduction
View abstract
chapter 2|38 pages
Arriving.on.Scene
View abstract
chapter 3|40 pages
Fire.Alarm.Systems
View abstract
chapter 4|40 pages
Suppression.Systems
View abstract
chapter 5|34 pages
Standpipes/FDC/Water.Supplies
View abstract
chapter 6|24 pages
Portable.Fire.Extinguishers
View abstract
chapter 7|34 pages
Elevators.and.Controls
View abstract
chapter 8|6 pages
Standby.Power.and.Emergency.Lighting
View abstract
chapter 9|22 pages
HVAC,.Smoke.Control,.and.Other.Building.Systems
View abstract
chapter 10|12 pages
Inspection,.Testing,.and.Maintenance
View abstract
CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK

The modern definition of firefighter no longer means �putting the wet stuff on the red stuff.� Emergency responders answer incidents ranging from fire alarm activations to elevator rescues and medical emergencies more often than full-blown fires. Consequently, responders increasingly interface with a wide array of building systems. Underscoring the

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|38 pages
Introduction
View abstract
chapter 2|38 pages
Arriving.on.Scene
View abstract
chapter 3|40 pages
Fire.Alarm.Systems
View abstract
chapter 4|40 pages
Suppression.Systems
View abstract
chapter 5|34 pages
Standpipes/FDC/Water.Supplies
View abstract
chapter 6|24 pages
Portable.Fire.Extinguishers
View abstract
chapter 7|34 pages
Elevators.and.Controls
View abstract
chapter 8|6 pages
Standby.Power.and.Emergency.Lighting
View abstract
chapter 9|22 pages
HVAC,.Smoke.Control,.and.Other.Building.Systems
View abstract
chapter 10|12 pages
Inspection,.Testing,.and.Maintenance
View abstract

The modern definition of firefighter no longer means �putting the wet stuff on the red stuff.� Emergency responders answer incidents ranging from fire alarm activations to elevator rescues and medical emergencies more often than full-blown fires. Consequently, responders increasingly interface with a wide array of building systems. Underscoring the

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|38 pages
Introduction
View abstract
chapter 2|38 pages
Arriving.on.Scene
View abstract
chapter 3|40 pages
Fire.Alarm.Systems
View abstract
chapter 4|40 pages
Suppression.Systems
View abstract
chapter 5|34 pages
Standpipes/FDC/Water.Supplies
View abstract
chapter 6|24 pages
Portable.Fire.Extinguishers
View abstract
chapter 7|34 pages
Elevators.and.Controls
View abstract
chapter 8|6 pages
Standby.Power.and.Emergency.Lighting
View abstract
chapter 9|22 pages
HVAC,.Smoke.Control,.and.Other.Building.Systems
View abstract
chapter 10|12 pages
Inspection,.Testing,.and.Maintenance
View abstract
ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK

The modern definition of firefighter no longer means �putting the wet stuff on the red stuff.� Emergency responders answer incidents ranging from fire alarm activations to elevator rescues and medical emergencies more often than full-blown fires. Consequently, responders increasingly interface with a wide array of building systems. Underscoring the

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|38 pages
Introduction
View abstract
chapter 2|38 pages
Arriving.on.Scene
View abstract
chapter 3|40 pages
Fire.Alarm.Systems
View abstract
chapter 4|40 pages
Suppression.Systems
View abstract
chapter 5|34 pages
Standpipes/FDC/Water.Supplies
View abstract
chapter 6|24 pages
Portable.Fire.Extinguishers
View abstract
chapter 7|34 pages
Elevators.and.Controls
View abstract
chapter 8|6 pages
Standby.Power.and.Emergency.Lighting
View abstract
chapter 9|22 pages
HVAC,.Smoke.Control,.and.Other.Building.Systems
View abstract
chapter 10|12 pages
Inspection,.Testing,.and.Maintenance
View abstract

The modern definition of firefighter no longer means �putting the wet stuff on the red stuff.� Emergency responders answer incidents ranging from fire alarm activations to elevator rescues and medical emergencies more often than full-blown fires. Consequently, responders increasingly interface with a wide array of building systems. Underscoring the

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|38 pages
Introduction
View abstract
chapter 2|38 pages
Arriving.on.Scene
View abstract
chapter 3|40 pages
Fire.Alarm.Systems
View abstract
chapter 4|40 pages
Suppression.Systems
View abstract
chapter 5|34 pages
Standpipes/FDC/Water.Supplies
View abstract
chapter 6|24 pages
Portable.Fire.Extinguishers
View abstract
chapter 7|34 pages
Elevators.and.Controls
View abstract
chapter 8|6 pages
Standby.Power.and.Emergency.Lighting
View abstract
chapter 9|22 pages
HVAC,.Smoke.Control,.and.Other.Building.Systems
View abstract
chapter 10|12 pages
Inspection,.Testing,.and.Maintenance
View abstract
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