Residential sprinklers test

Structural Survey

ISSN: 0263-080X

Article publication date: 1 June 1999

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(1999), "Residential sprinklers test", Structural Survey, Vol. 17 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ss.1999.11017bab.007

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 1999, MCB UP Limited


Residential sprinklers test

Residential sprinklers test

Keywords BRE, Fire safety

The BRE has carried out a test of a residential sprinkler system in a real fire situation. The test involved lighting fires in identical maisonettes, one fitted with a sprinkler system and the other without one. BRE's preliminary findings are that the fitting of sprinkler systems could save lives.

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