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Alarm Information for Decision Support

Published

Author(s)

William D. Davis, Adam M. Barowy, Stephen Kerber

Abstract

Experiments conducted in a Toledo Ohio school are used to examine the use of signals from simulated heat detectors by incident command. Two approaches are examined. The first is to use the signal from ceiling mounted thermocouples to deduce conditions in the fire room and hallway. The second approach is to process these signals using the Sensor-Driven Fire Model to provide additional information to incident command. It is found that both methods show promise but additional testing is necessary before either method is deployed.
Citation
Technical Note (NIST TN) - 1614
Report Number
1614

Keywords

computer modeling, fire experiments, heat detectors, decision support, heat alarms

Citation

Davis, W. , Barowy, A. and Kerber, S. (2010), Alarm Information for Decision Support, Technical Note (NIST TN), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=900103 (Accessed March 29, 2024)
Created November 4, 2010, Updated February 19, 2017