Fire compartmentation
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Division of a structure into sections to limit the spread of fire
For water compartmentation in ships, see Compartment (ship).
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Main article: Firewall (construction)
In fire safety, compartmentation in structures, such as land-based buildings, traffic tunnels, ships, aerospace vehicles, or submarines, is an objective of passive fire protection, in which a structure is divided into fire compartments, which may contain single or multiple rooms, for the purpose of limiting the spread of fire, smoke and flue gases, in order to enable the three goals of fire protection:
- life safety
- property protection
- continuity of operations
See also
[edit ]External links
[edit ]- Wisegeek.com article on fire compartments
- Province of Alberta Code Interpretation Concerning Fire Compartments Archived 2011年01月02日 at the Wayback Machine
- National Research Council of Canada, Institute for Research in Construction Article entitled Fire Compartmentation and Fire Resistance
- Article by William E. Koffel entitled Fire compartments and building height
