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National Archives & Records Administration National Archives & Records Administration
22nd Annual Preservation Conference
Fire Protection:
An Historical Overview
J. Andrew Wilson
Associate Director for Fire Protection & Safety
Smithsonian Institution
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22nd Annual Preservation ConferenceCultural properties and assets have been damaged or destroyed by fire for thousands of years.
• Library of Alexandria
• Library of Congress – 1814; 1851
• Smithsonian Institution – 1865; 1970; 1976
• Canada’s Stonewall Museum - 2007
• South Korea’s Namdaemun Gate - 2008
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What Has Been and What Can Be Done to Preclude Future Losses to Our Cultural Heritage from Fire?
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Historically, means to control unwanted fires can be broken down into three general areas:
• fire prevention
• passive fire protection (construction)
• active fire protection (automatic detection & suppression systems)
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Fire Prevention = Working the Fire Triangle
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Oxygen - Makes up about 21% of the air we breathe. To sustain a fire, a ratio of > 16% of oxygen is needed.
Fuel - Can be any combustible or flammable material, and may be a solid, a liquid, or a gas. Almost anything we put into a building.
Heat - Open flames, hot surfaces, sparks, friction, chemical reaction, electrical energy.
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Passive Fire Protection:
Structural fire protection – build to resist fire and prevent its spread
Compartmentalization – divide and conquer theory
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Building Codes = Building safety (probably 70% relate to fire protection)
Tombstone Legislation: After practically any major fire, particularly those involving a large loss of life, building codes are changed in an attempt to preclude similar occurrences.
Building Codes = BARE MINIMUM SAFETY STANDARD
Code of Hammurabi: “If a builder builds a house for someone, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built falls in and kills its owner, then that builder shall be put to death.” – 1750 BCE
“If an architect designs a building, and it is constructed per design, and the building subsequently catches fire, then that architect shall be held accountable.”
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Active fire protection
• Automatic fire detection systems
• Automatic fire suppression systems
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Automatic fire detection systems:• Heat detectors – rate-of-rise; fixed
temperature• Smoke detectors – ionization;
photoelectric; air aspirating; visual• Flame detectors - visual
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