What are the different watermist fire protection objectives?
The list of objectives below is a non-exclusive glossary of watermist fire protection objectives.
- Suppression: The sharp reduction of the rate of heat release of a fire and the prevention of re-growth.
- Extinguishment: The complete suppression of a fire until there are no burning combustibles.
- Containment: precautions which contain the fire to the smallest area and control the threat to life safety and the extent of the property damage (BS 4422)
- Temperature control: the limitation of peak temperature achieved in an enclosure or structure for integrity purposes
- Exposure control: to cause a reduction of radiated heat to persons or surfaces which may be impacted by proximity to a fire
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