Sprinklered versus non-sprinklered dormitory room fires. (General Developments).NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. has compiled a 9 minute video of fires in two college dormitory rooms, one equipped with sprinklers and the other without sprinklers. Small fires were ignited ig·nite v. ig·nit·ed, ig·nit·ing, ig·nites v.tr. 1. a. To cause to burn. b. To set fire to. 2. To subject to great heat, especially to make luminous by heat. in a wastebasket between the desk and bed in each of the two fully-furnished dormitory rooms. In the sprinklered room, the fire grew until sprinider activation activation /ac·ti·va·tion/ (ak?ti-va´shun) 1. the act or process of rendering active. 2. the transformation of a proenzyme into an active enzyme by the action of a kinase or another enzyme. 3. which occurred in less than 2 minutes. For the unsprinklered room, the fire continued to grow until it flashed-over the room in less than 5 1/2 minutes. The video also includes pre-fire and post-fire photographs which can be used to compare the damage caused by each fire. CONTACT: Nelson Bryner, (301) 975-6868; nelson. bryner@nist.gov See .gov and GovNet. (networking) gov - The top-level domain for US government bodies. . |
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