Fire Detection for Critical Telecommunications Equipment.
Fire Detection for Critical Telecommunications
Equipment.
(883 K)
Marts, R.; Hanley, M.; Betz, J.; Parssinen, J.;
Bukowski, R. W.; Braun, E.
NISTIR 6146; 34 p. March 1998.
Nuisance Alarms in Aircraft Cargo Areas and Critical
Telecommunications Systems: Third (3rd) NIST Fire
Detector Workshop. Proceedings. National Institute of
Standards and Technology. December 4-5, 1997,
Gaithersburg, MD, Grosshandler, W. L., Editor(s), 2-9
pp, 1998.
Available from:
National Technical Information Service
Order number: PB98-144538
Keywords:
fire detection; fire detection systems; cargo space;
telecommunications; smoke detectors; false alarms;
decision making; commercial aircraft; air sampling
Abstract:
A telecommunications industry perspective of fire
detection was given by Ron Marts ofBellcore. Miles
Hanley of Bell Atlantic presented his company's fire
detection strategy and its relation to the reduction of
false alarms. Jeffrey Betz described the fire safety
practices ofAT&T. John Parssinen of Underwriters
Laboratories presented an overview of different fire
detectors and described UL's role in certifying
detection systems for industrial applications. The
discussion sessions were led by Richard Bukowski and
Emil Braun, both of NIST. This section of the report is
a compilation of their comments and the discussions that
ensured.
