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These experiments, which represent fire situations in a hospital patient sleeping room, clearly indicate that a door frame-mounted detector provides one of the best locations for optimum detector response in this occupancy. Identification of air motion as the single most important factor influencing reaction time of early warning detection devices emphasizes the need to evaluate smoke and ionization detectors under actual conditions of use.
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Note: Mr. Waterman is Senior Research Engineer, Safety Research, IIT Research Institute; Mr. Degenkolb is a practicing Fire Protection Engineer from Glendale, California; Mr. Stickney, Oregon State Fire Marshal at the time this paper was written, is now retired.
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Waterman, T.E., Degenkolb, J.G. & Stickney, C.W. A study — Early warning fire detection performance in the hospital patient room. Fire Technol 10, 287–303 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02589987
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02589987