Show Utah Tech's Fire Protection Exhibited System by Nance Hanson HansonA What kind of fire elicited the question A recent fire alarm on campus Thomas instrument repair technician in Jim protection does have charge of pneumatic controls offered to answer the question by conducting atour a atour atour Thomas said tend to think that because the tour of the facilities Most people brick and other non theres there's no cause for buildings are re mostly concern To some degree this is true amount of carpeting and plastic in the However because of the great Thomas explained that nylon and buildings smoke is the primary concern plastic products dont don't flame but they do burn and give off toxic fumes They stressed that smoke also produce more smoke than wood products Thomas inhalation not being burned is the primary cause of f death in a fire The tour began in the basement of the Technology Building Each building has its it's own set of controls but because it is a rise hi-rise the Tech Building is unique A panel with indicator lights tells what floor and in which building the alarm When the has an identical panel has gone off The Taylorsville Department alarm comes in the chief knows in which building the fire is located An additional system indicates in which particular area of the building the alarm was tripped Some areas have hav heat and nd smoke detectors that are equipped with witha the detector is in operation alarm a light that is always on as long as until it is reset A to and continues glow brightly is set off the light glows more glance will tell which detectors have been affected melt at There are also water sprinklers that will when the senors degrees The unique feature in the Tech Building is the hatch What appears to be a skylight in the central stairway is actually an escape route for smoke Intense heat rising will blow the hatch and the smoke will be drawn from the building via convection currents That Thatis Thalis is why during an emergency the central stairway doors lock automatically However the stairs at the east and west ends of the building are open and can can be e used l to evacuate the building is' is all dry system s 's st stem Itis fu If f. f i t mi fd the th The e el actual fig f ire ire-f Y y stem t in a r build build I 1 c cleaning ini g s systems stellS On the outside e of f lh is I that the tanker truck can connect into This system goes all the way to the t top p of of at the building where it is possible for firemen on the roof to direct the spray down on the fire Thomas said that at the present time the Tech Building is the only rise hi-rise inthe inthe in inthe the area and has been used for practice sessions by the fire department |