ASSESSMENT OF FIRE HAZARD IN SMALL NEWS AGENTS IN TRANSPORT TERMINAL HALLS

A large amount of combustibles are stored in small newspapers and magazine shops in terminal halls known as news agents in the Far East. Fire safety for those small shops located in crowded public transport interchanges should be evaluated carefully. In carrying out fire hazard assessment, the possible heat release rates should be estimated so that consequences of a fire can be assessed. As the shops are small with easily ignited combustibles, transition to a postflashover fire would be rapid. Therefore, the resultant heat release rates should be measured by burning those combustibles under flashover conditions. Hazard assessments based on full-scale burning tests for postflashover news agent fires performed in remote areas in China are reported in this paper. The effect of reducing the heat release rate by discharging water mists is illustrated. Such fire suppression systems are recommended for use in such shops.

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American Society of Civil Engineers

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Authors:
- Chow, W K
Publication Date: 2005-3

Language

English

Media Info

Features: Figures; Photos; References;
Pagination: p. 35-38
Serial:
- Journal of Architectural Engineering
- Volume: 11
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
- ISSN: 1076-0431

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Airport terminals; Fire causes; Fire extinguishing agents; Fires; Intermodal terminals; Passenger terminals; Risk analysis; Shopping centers
Uncontrolled Terms: Sprinklers
Geographic Terms: Asia; China
Subject Areas: Aviation; Highways; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 00987511
Record Type: Publication
Files: TRIS
Created Date: Mar 17 2005 12:00AM