Fire suppression in historic buildings

David Gibbon
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David Gibbon: Gibbon Lawson McKee Ltd., UK

Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal & Valuation, 2014, vol. 2, issue 4, 287-296

Abstract: An account of the controversial history of fire suppression as a conservation measure in historic buildings and the increasing acceptance of its benefits in promoting life safety and reducing the damage done by fires to historic building fabric and by conventional firefighting efforts. The article also describes how sprinklers do and do not operate and some situations in which they have been deployed.

Keywords: sprinklers; fire suppression; historic buildings; life safety; building conservation; water damage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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