San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc · leaf 225
any fire the moment it starts on the inside of the building.There are two phases of fire control: the active phase which consistsof extinguishing a fire; and the inert phase which lies in the con-struction of the building. Active fire control requires detection and extinction and is eithermanual or… … NOTE COLLAPSED WIRE GLASS AND EFFECTS OF HEATON THE SHUTTER Inert fire control, resulting from inherent quantities of materialused in construction, extends no protection to the contents from fireoriginating in them and must be supplemented by active control. Inthis connection, it is remarked that…
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