UNQUESTIONABLE SUCCESS

Sprinklers prevent

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FIRES IN residential properties
such as one and two-family dwell-
ings, apartments, dormitories and
mobile homes, resulted in 581
deaths in Canada in 1982 — a fig-
ure that represented 86 per cent of
all fire deaths in the country that
year.

Of the 581 fatalities, 406 occur-
red in one and two-family homes.

Statistically, then, residential
fires pose the greatest potential for
death or injury. National Research
Council Canada suggests that one
method by which this potential
might be reduced is the use of
sprinkler systems.

SPRINKLER SUCCESS

Sprinkler systems have been us-
ed in non-residential properties for
more than a century and for the
protection of property, they have
been unquestionably successful.

Traditionai sprinkler systems
have not been totally effective,
however, in preventing joss of life
in the room of fire origin in resi-
dential occupancies because of
slow response time.

The development of a fast-
response sprinkler has, therefore,
greatly increased the life-saving
potential of sprinkler systems in
residential occupancies.

According to the most common
scenario, a domestic fire begins
with smouldering combustion,
usually in a textile product (bed-
ding or furniture).

Measuring
made easy

From Page 18
hacksaw. The dowel is especially
helpful when making slanted or ir-
regular cuts in hollow tubing.

MEASURING TIPS

© Know how to find the centre
of a circle? This is sometimes
essential when you are doing

How to find the center of a
circle 145-48 NC

various measuring jobs around the
house.

* Draw a straight line acros the
circle at the top, from Y to Z.
Draw this at any point in the upper
section of the circle.

° Now use a square to draw a
rectangle, within the circle. Use the
Y to Z line to create the rectangle.

* When the rectangle is drawn
within the circle, draw lines
diagonally from one corner to the
rectangle to another as illustrated.
The exact centre of the circle will
always be at the point where those
two diagonal lines cross.

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The air temperature rises slowly,
but the build up of smoke and tox-
ic gases can be rapid in the small
rooms of a typical dwelling.

QUICK FIRES
When the smouldering finally

changes to flaming combustion,
the fire can very quickly engulf the

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room and spread beyond it.

A double challenge is therefore
presented for the residential
sprinkler:

1) it must react to the low

temperatures of the smouldering

phase before conditions of smoke

and heat become life-threatening,

2) it must control the rapid
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