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Fire Protection
Engineering Technology
Fire Protection Labs
Robert Foraker -- Department Chair/Instructor
Mark Noval --
Instructor
Reuben
Evans -- Counselor
Description
Dedicated
in 1981, the Fire Protection Technology Labs at the
The Systems Lab contains fully operational wet and dry-pipe, pre-action and deluge sprinkler systems. A fire pump with test header, commercial range hood and various heat, smoke, and flame detection devices are also present.
The Burn Lab is a special room in which live fire burns can be conducted regardless of the weather. Instrumentation is capable of measuring water flows and pressures, as well as temperatures. A smoke removal system ensures visibility if requires.
The Outdoor Lab Area contains two separate water systems for testing and analysis, and various standard size metal pans for demonstrations or training.
Demonstrations
The following short list is representative of the many scenarios presented in the Labs:
- Class A, B, C live fires
- Fire pump testing
- Hydrant testing
- Idle pallet fires
- Flammable liquids in plastic containers
- Interior finishes
- Certified tests of extinguishing agents
- Fire resistive furniture testing
- ESFR sprinkler heads
- Corner tests
- Pressure change effects on spray patterns
Participants
Visitors, students, and participants from around the globe have taken advantage of our conveniently located labs. These people who all share our concern abut FIRE SAFETY have come to us from:
- Insurance Services
Office
- DuPont
- Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Chubb Insurance
- Pennsylvania Lumberman's Mutual Insurance Company
- The Home Insurance Co.
- W.L. Gore, INC
- Sun Refining
- Cigna Insurance
- ICI
- Hospital Fire Marshals
- Royal Insurance
- International Assn. of Arson Investigators
Last page update: 19 October 2006
Source
Document: Fire Protection Labs fact sheet
Official URL for this page: http://www.stanton.dtcc.edu/stanton/fet/firelabs.html
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Maintained by: Bob Foraker