Handbook of Fire Control and Protection

Contents: Preface. Acronyms. 1. Introduction to fire and fire typology. 2. Fire alarm systems: an introductory overview. 3. Fire detection, heat detectors and smoke detectors. 4. Fire control, suppression and extinguishing systems. 5. Fire apparatus, equipments and tools. 6. Fire hydrant materials, fire retardants and other fire protection systems. 7. Fire fighting: persons, institutions and associations. 8. Fire safety standards. 9. Fire protection and control: select measures related information. 10. Fire service college and companies: select case study. Appendices. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

"Fire protection is the study and practice of mitigating unwanted effects of fires. It involves the study of behavior, compartmentalization, suppression and investigation of fire and its related emergencies, as well as the research and development, production, testing and application of mitigating systems.

This book entitled "Handbook of Fire Control and Protection" is like a reference book on the said subject. An introduction to fire and fire typology is provided with focus on fire classes, flash fire, explosive material, wildlife, bushfire, oil field fire etc. An introductory overview of fire alarm systems is given with special emphasis on still alarm, fire alarm box, fire alarm control panel, fire alarm pull station and fire alarm notification appliances.

This handbook also discusses briefly the issues related to fire detectors, heat detectors, smoke detectors, flame detectors, aspirated smoke detectors, distributed temperature sensing and thermal imaging cameras. The fire control, suppression and extinguishing systems are described with focus on notifier. Major fire apparatus, equipments and tools are covered. It also covers dimensions of fire safety standards, fire safety, campus fire safety, fireproofing, firewall, firestop pillow, endothermic, intumescent, fire door, dry riser, cold fire product and list of EN Standards."