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Fire protection for commercial facilities

Bromann, Mark.

Fire protection for commercial facilities

Bromann, Mark.

9781439827215

Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2011.

xi, 223 p. : ill.

1. Fire prevention basics -- 2. Hazardous commodities and conditions -- 3. Selling the concept -- 4. The local municipality -- 5. The role of firefighters -- 6. Automatic sprinkler systems -- 7. Water supplies -- 8. Commercial fire inspections -- 9. Fire alarms -- 10. Fire extinguishers -- 11. Fire pumps -- 12. Standpipe systems -- 13. Antifreeze systems for unheated areas -- 14. The lifespan of a sprinkler system -- 15. Fire protection for computer and electrical rooms -- 16. Kitchens -- 17. Lightning protection -- 18. Hotels and motels -- 19. Multiresidences -- 20. Enclosed shopping malls -- 21. Hospitals and healthcare facilities -- 22. Nursing homes -- 23. Storage warehouses -- 24. Correctional facilities -- 25. Vacant structures -- 26. Paint spray booths -- 27. Signage -- 28. FAQs.

"This book presents systems and practices that can increase a facility's ability to avoid fires, limit the development and spread of fires, and effectively control fires. Comprehensive in scope, it focuses on the many subfields of fire protection engineering that comprise the role of facility manager. Introducing managers to the wide array of fire protection engineering applications encountered during typical facility operations, it provides a good command of fire protection and fire prevention basics"-- Provided by publisher.

Commercial buildings -- Fires and fire prevention.

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