Archived reports - Detection and signaling

Below are available reports. To learn more about these reports, you can search the NFPA Library & Archives catalog, or contact the library at +1 617 984-7445.  

2012

• Performance Objectives for Light Sources Used in Emergency Notification Appliances 
• Developing Emergency Communication Strategies for Buildings - Year 1 Report  Note: This is a NIST report.
• Detection Design Modeling Tools in High Air Flow Environments
• Fire Detection in Warehouse Facilities – Final Phase I report 
• Validation of Modeling Tools for Detection Design in High Air Flow Environments 

2011

• Elevator Messaging Strategies 

2008

• Summary of International Road Tunnel Fire Detection Research Project - Phase II 
• Validation of a Smoke Detection Performance Prediction Methodology 
• Smoke Detector Spacing Requirements for Complex Beamed and Sloped Ceilings 
• Intelligibility of Fire Alarm and Emergency Communication Systems 
• Video Image Detection Systems Installation Performance Criteria 

2007

• Development of a Technical Basis for Carbon Monoxide Detector Siting 
• Public Perceptions of High-Rise Building Safety and Emergency Evacuation Procedures 
• Notification Effectiveness for Large Groups 
• Waking Effectiveness of Alarms for Adults Who Are Hard of Hearing 
• Waking Effectiveness of Alarms for the Alcohol Impaired 
• Characterizing Smoke from Residential Materials 

2006

• Reducing Fire Deaths in Older Adults: Optimizing the Smoke Alarm Signal - Investigation of Auditory Arousal with Different Alarm Signals in Sleeping Older Adults 
• Direct Visual Signaling as a Means for Occupant Notification in Large Spaces 
• Smoke Detector Performance for Level Ceilings with Deep Beams and Deep Beam Pocket Configurations 

1998

• Fire Detection Field Modeling: Effects of HVAC Flows from Various Diffusers on Detector Response (Project Yr. 4) - cyber-sensor data on CD-ROM 
• Fire Detection Field Modeling: Effects of HVAC Flows from Various Diffusers on Detector Response (Project Yr. 4) 

1996

• CO Detector Location: Literature Review and Technical Analysis 

1994

• Fire Detection Field Modeling: Effects of Sloped Ceilings on Detector & Sprinkler Response (Project Yr. 2) 

1993

• Fire Detection Field Modeling: Effects of Flat Beamed Ceilings on Detector & Sprinkler Response (Project Yr. 1) 

1991

• International Fire Detection Literature Review and Technical Analysis