Joseph Hauf, vice president of engineering services at Conquest Firespray, and David Stacy, principal and founder of Performance Based Fire Protection Engineering, explore the top five life safety considerations engineers should consider when designing an arena.
Designing fire/egress modeling results is achievable via documenting, specifying, and following through on ISO- and ASTM-tested smoke control ductwork.
With the 2019 editions of NFPA 80 and NFPA 105 came the allowance for remote periodic testing of smoke and combination fire/smoke dampers. For building owners, this can mean significantly reduced costs and increased safety.
There is frequent confusion about the types of dampers and their applications. This article explains the differences among the damper types and provides a brief overview of the control system requirements affecting their applications.