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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2013.27.4.13

A Comparison Study on Fire Water Supply Duration and Capacity of Water Based Fire Suppression System of the United States, Japan, China and Korea  

Min, Se-Hong (Dept. of Fire & Disaster Protection Engineering, Gachon Univ.)
Nam, Yu-Hyun (Dept. of Fire & Disaster Protection Engineering, Graduate School of Industry & Environment, Gachon Univ.)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.27, no.4, 2013 , pp. 13-20 More about this Journal
Abstract
Buildings in Korea have been getting higher recently and been being changed environmentally since the Korean fire standard was released in 1968. It should be established to make a appropriate correspondence of fire fighting against the those environmental changes. Most of all, fire water capacity which is basis of fire fighting service is a very significant factor. In this paper, the Korean fire water capacity and fire water duration were compared with China, Japan and the United states. Furthermore, fire water capacity, fire water duration, flow rate were compared by hazard classification, occupant use, number of floor and area with water based fire suppression system. This study has been surveyed to show what are difference, similarity, advantage and disadvantage on fire water capacity in the Korean standard comparing with neighboring countries like China, Japan as well as the United states. This study could be found what level the Korean fire water capacity is. So it suggests about more developed standard on fire water capacity with the result of analysis and comparison.
Keywords
Flow rate; Fire water duration; Fire water capacity; Water based fire suppression system;
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