Fire Prevention and Fire Protection (Classic Reprint)
Author: Joseph Kendall Freitag
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2018-09-26
Total Pages: 1068
ISBN-13: 9781396422867
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Fire Prevention and Fire Protection In the past too much stress has been laid upon construction only, and fire-resistance has too often been confounded with non-combustibility. Fire-resistance worthy of the appellation must embrace, first, proper planning or design, which is the fire protective feature of paramount importance in theatres, schools, etc.; second, construction; and last, but by no means least, auxiliary equipment to safeguard both the construction employed and the contents of the structure. Without any one of these essentials of fire protection, the fire-resisting qualities of a build ing are questionable, to say the least. The criticism may be made that greater stress should be laid upon a better average of building construction rather than upon high standards of' detail in individual units. The distinction would be that a good average would tend to diminish conflagra tions, but, unless special attention be paid to the details which often constitute the crucial weaknesses in case of fire, separate buildings would still be subject to great damage and loss of life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.