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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2015.29.6.051

Experimental Performance Evaluation of a Fire System for Apartment Buildings  

Jung, Jong-Jin (Dept. Fire industrial Technology Research Institute, Korea Fire Institute)
Hong, A-Reum (Fire & Disaster Protection Engineering, Gachon Univ.)
Son, Bong-Sei (Fire & Disaster Protection Engineering, Gachon Univ.)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.29, no.6, 2015 , pp. 51-56 More about this Journal
Abstract
In Korea, measures to maintain sustainable fire safety performance for apartment buildings are insufficient in terms of fire-fighting products, skilled personnel, and maintenance status. Also, because of the particular features of a fire compartment, it has structural problems that are very likely to cause damage to human life when a fire occurs. Currently, problems with the fire supervisory system installed in an apartment building cannot be checked in real time, so it is difficult to identify the location of a fire accurately. Protected areas are also not assigned to each household, and residents cannot be clearly informed of the occurrence of a fire. As a consequence, safety evacuation cannot be secured. In addition, it is impossible to test the operation performance for water detectors in sprinkler fire extinguishing systems outside of the household. Therefore, an experiment was conducted to evaluate the performance of a remote fire supervisory system. The results show that the system satisfies all performance requirements. Also, an household alarm system was installed in each household to alert of any occurrence of a fire accurately, and the performance of the alarm system was improved to ensure that residents were quickly evacuated.
Keywords
Apartment; Remote check; Detector; Water flow indicator; Decibel;
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