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    This document discusses the impact of fire on property and contents from the Department of Fire Protection Engineering at the University of Maryland. It outlines several key points: 1) Fire, smoke, and extinguishing agents can all cause damage to property and contents through thermal effects, gas/particulates, and corrosion. 2) Protection methods consider damage thresholds for things like temperature, heat flux, and gas concentrations which can impact materials like cables, electronics, and smoke particles. 3) The collateral damage from extinguishing methods must be compared to the damage caused by fire and smoke when selecting suppression agents. Understanding material tolerances to fire and smoke is important for protecting property effectively.

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    This document discusses the impact of fire on property and contents from the Department of Fire Protection Engineering at the University of Maryland. It outlines several key points: 1) Fire, smoke, and extinguishing agents can all cause damage to property and contents through thermal effects, gas/particulates, and corrosion. 2) Protection methods consider damage thresholds for things like temperature, heat flux, and gas concentrations which can impact materials like cables, electronics, and smoke particles. 3) The collateral damage from extinguishing methods must be compared to the damage caused by fire and smoke when selecting suppression agents. Understanding material tolerances to fire and smoke is important for protecting property effectively.

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    Department of Fire Protection Engineering

    Impact of Fire on Property/Contents

    A. JAMES CLARK SCHOOL of ENGINEERING ● UNIVERSITY of MARYLAND

    • Methods?

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    • Damage sources
    – Fire (thermal)
    – Smoke (gas, particulates)
    – Extinguishing agents

    http://protechfcs.com/knowledge http://www.education.purdue.edu/edit/backup/

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    http://theaviationist.com/2012/05/18/
    stealth-black-hawks-but-its-only-
    another-hangar-foam-party/

    http://www.szelagart.com/firedamage.html

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    • Protection methods
    – Consider damage thresholds for
    • Temperature:
    – cable insulation degrades at 205 °C
    – Computer hardware ~ 80-90 °C
    • Heat flux: electric panel degrades at 6 kW/m2
    • Gas concentrations:
    – Electronic equipment: Visual Damage at 100 ppm HCl, electric
    damage at 1000 ppm HCl
    • Corrosivity of smoke particles

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    PVC Smoke

    J.S. Patton, Journal of Fire Science, 1992, 10, 294 [2]

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    • Compare collateral damage by extinguishing
    methods to that from fire and smoke

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    • Protecting property and contents requires an


    understanding of the tolerance of such
    materials to fire and smoke.
    • Extinguishing agents are selected considering
    the potential for collateral damage.

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