Smoke Alarms + Sprinklers + Closed Doors = Lives Saved in Dorm Fires

Experimenting on a university dormitory that was scheduled to be torn down, NIST fire researchers have demonstrated that the correct combination of automatic fire sprinkler systems, smoke alarms and closed doors provided enough time and safe conditions for residents to escape safely and for fire fighters to perform their job without undue hazard.

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