Compartmentalization (fire protection)
Compartmentalization in structures, such as land-based buildings, traffic tunnels, ships, aerospace vehicles, or submarines, is an objective of passive fire protection, in which a structure is divided into fire compartments, which may contain single or multiple rooms, for the purpose of limiting the spread of fire, smoke and flue gases, in order to enable the three goals of fire protection:
- life safety
- property protection
- continuity of operations
See also
- Bulkhead (partition)
External links
- Wisegeek.com article on fire compartments
- Province of Alberta Code Interpretation Concerning Fire Compartments
- National Research Council of Canada, Institute for Research in Construction Article entitled Fire Compartmentation and Fire Resistance
- Article by William E. Koffel entitled Fire compartments and building height
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Fire protection
- Backdraft
- Boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE)
- Boilover
- Combustibility and flammability
- Conflagration
- Dangerous goods (HAZMAT)
- Deflagration
- Detonation
- Dust explosion
- Enthalpy of vaporization
- Explosive
- Fire class
- Fire control
- Fire loading
- Fire point
- Fire triangle
- Flammability diagram
- Flammability limit
- Flammable liquid
- Flashover
- Flash point
- Friction loss
- Gas leak
- Heat transfer
- Jet fire
- K-factor (fire protection)
- Pool fire
- Pyrolysis
- Spontaneous combustion
- Structure fire
- Thermal radiation
- Water pressure
- Active fire protection
- Automatic fire suppression
- Condensed aerosol fire suppression
- Detonation flame arrester
- External water spray system
- Fire bucket
- Fire prevention
- Fire protection
- Fire retardant
- Fire-retardant fabric
- Fire retardant gel
- Fire-safe polymers
- Fire safety
- Fire sprinkler system
- Fire suppression system
- Firefighting foam
- Flame arrester
- Flame retardant
- Flashback arrestor
- Fusible link
- Gaseous fire suppression
- Hypoxic air technology for fire prevention
- Inerting system
- Intumescent
- Passive fire protection
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Relief valve
- Spark arrestor
- Tank blanketing
- Vehicle fire suppression system
- Annulus (firestop)
- Area of refuge
- Booster pump
- Compartmentalization (fire protection)
- Crash bar
- Electromagnetic door holder
- Electromagnetic lock
- Emergency exit
- Emergency light
- Exit sign
- Fire curtain
- Fire cut
- Fire damper
- Fire door
- Fire escape
- Fire extinguisher
- Fire hose
- Fire hydrant
- Fire pump
- Fire sprinkler
- Firestop
- Firestop pillow
- Firewall (construction)
- Grease duct
- Heat and smoke vent
- Occupancy
- Packing (firestopping)
- Penetrant (mechanical, electrical, or structural)
- Penetration (firestop)
- Pressurisation ductwork
- Safety glass
- Smoke control
- Smoke damper
- Smoke exhaust ductwork
- Smokeproof enclosure
- Standpipe (firefighting)
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Commons
