Fire Safety Engineering July/August 2008

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New European research on evacuation behaviour18/08/2008
I do not think that "ethnicity" plays a role in determining how people respond in disasters! It does not make any sense. This is backwards. This is the 21st century and it surprises me that the Europe

Cables that compromise?30/07/2008
I fully endorse Don Scott, but why are the fire alarm companies not canvasing the BSI or are they really that greedy?

Emergency Evacuation - Express Elevator30/07/2008
I would be interested to know if nationally there is consistent implementation of a policy, as per Government Guidance, to evacuate horizontally - i.e. from an affected area to another compartmentalis

Cables that compromise?30/07/2008
And for addressable systems where sounders are on the same loop as the detector a fire resistant cable will maintain the path whereas a S/C isolator will still maintain the path up to the S/C everythi

Cables that compromise?30/07/2008
Heat Resistant Cable could be used for bell signal lines only while conventional cables is quite okay for detectors. Even in modern Addressable panels, fault onlines are notified on screen ever before

Fire extinguishers assessed as risk in Bournemouth flats30/07/2008
Whilst I agree that removing all firefighting equipment from communal areas of flats is incorrect, we must remember what it is there for. I am concerned at some of the language used by other Fire Safe

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