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the water flow from a sprinkler is less
likely to be an accidental activation,
and the spread of smoke into a corridor
or common space would impact occupants'
ability to escape. In some cases,
fire alarm systems are designed so that
a smoke alarm in one of the units or
rooms will send a signal to a constantly
attended location like a security desk so
someone can investigate.
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MYTH: Firefighters can easily see and
communicate inside a burning building.
It goes without saying that movies and
television shows don't always portray
how something happens in real life, and
that is certainly the case when it comes
to depicting the conditions inside a structural
fire. Sometimes, for instance, TV
shows and movies will depict firefighters
easily seeing and communicating with
each other when they're inside a structure
fire, but that is not the reality.
FACT: Firefighters are not able to
easily see and communicate inside a
burning building.
Structure fires can reach temperatures
up to 1,100 degrees F (590 degrees C)
and create smoke that can significantly
reduce and even eliminate any visibility
within the structure. Visibility is such a
concern inside structure fires that NASA
is working on location-tracking services
for firefighters should they experience
an emergency and need to be rescued.
Because of this, NFPA 1001, Standard
for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications-which
is being consolidated
into the new NFPA 1010, Standard for
Firefighter, Fire Apparatus Driver/
Operator, Airport Firefighter, and
Marine Firefighting for Land-Based
Firefighters Professional Qualifications-requires
that firefighters be able
to perform all of their interior operations,
including search and rescue,
under obscured vision conditions.
These are just a few of the myths that
we have heard in the field of fire protection
and life safety. For a better idea of
the scope of the field and why such myths
can exist in the first place, take a look at
the 21st edition of NFPA's Fire Protection
Handbook: two volumes and 210 chapters,
authored by more than 200 industry
professionals and NFPA experts. Visit the
handbook online at nfpa.org/fph.
SHAWN MAHONEY is a senior engineer at NFPA.
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