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Manual of firemanship. Book 9, Fire protection of buildings : a survey of the science of fire-fighting / Home Office (Fire Department).

By: Great Britain. Fire Dept.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : H.M.S.O., 1977Description: xv, 187 p.,[24]p. of plates : ill. (some col.), 3 plans (2 col.) ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0113405898 .Subject(s): Fire extinction -- Handbooks, manuals, etcDDC classification: 693.82
Contents:
Part 1: Fire extinguishing systems -- Automatic sprinklers: principles of design -- Automatic sprinklers: water supplies -- Automatic sprinklers: protection systems -- Automatic sprinklers: controls, gauges and alarms -- Automatic sprinklers: sprinkler heads -- Automatic sprinklers: general -- Other installations using water -- Extinguishing systems not using water -- Installations for special risks -- Part 2: Fire alarm systems -- Automatic fire detectors - general -- Smoke detectors -- Radiation detectors -- Heat detectors -- Automatic fire detectors - some developments -- Automatic fire detectors - a summary -- Manually-operated fire alarms -- Automatic fire detection - detector circuits -- Control and indicating equipment -- Part 3: Fire venting systems -- Ventilation in single-storey buildings -- Ventilation and air-conditioning systems -- Pressurisation of staircases.
List(s) this item appears in: NMCI Fire Fighting Resources

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-183).

Part 1: Fire extinguishing systems -- Automatic sprinklers: principles of design -- Automatic sprinklers: water supplies -- Automatic sprinklers: protection systems -- Automatic sprinklers: controls, gauges and alarms -- Automatic sprinklers: sprinkler heads -- Automatic sprinklers: general -- Other installations using water -- Extinguishing systems not using water -- Installations for special risks -- Part 2: Fire alarm systems -- Automatic fire detectors - general -- Smoke detectors -- Radiation detectors -- Heat detectors -- Automatic fire detectors - some developments -- Automatic fire detectors - a summary -- Manually-operated fire alarms -- Automatic fire detection - detector circuits -- Control and indicating equipment -- Part 3: Fire venting systems -- Ventilation in single-storey buildings -- Ventilation and air-conditioning systems -- Pressurisation of staircases.

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