A method to determine the optimum location for fire alarms in residential buildings

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DOI	Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40001423
Author	Search for: Halliwell, R. E.¹; Search for: Sultan, M. A.¹
Affiliation	National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
Format	Text, Article
Subject	Fire alarm response; fire alarms; sound attenuation; alarm sounding devices; smoke detectors; sound attenuation
Abstract	Fire alarms can save lives in a fire emergency only if people hear them. If alarm sounding devices are to used effectively, attention must be paid to where they are located in the building. A simple expression has been developed to calculate the attenuation of the alarm signal from a smoke detector as it propagates through a residential building, with the path viewed as a series of connected rooms. Attenuation depends on floor area and type of furnishings in each room. Corrections are applied if the house does not have forced air heating or if a number of doors are closed. The expression can be used to determine the optimum location for alarms.
Publication date	ca 1989
Publisher	National Research Council of Canada. Institute for Research in Construction
Series	Paper (National Research Council of Canada. Institute for Research in Construction), no. IRC-P-1592.
Note	Reprinted from: Canadian Acoustics, v. 17, no. 2, 1989, p. 9-18. ISSN: 0711-6659
Language	English
Peer reviewed	Yes
NRC number	NRCC 30417 NRC-IRC-4179
NPARC number	20358779
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