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Door Messaging Strategies: Implications for Detection and Notification

Fire Protection Research Foundation report: “Door Messaging Strategies: Implications for Detection and Notification"
Author: Stephen M. Olenick, PE, Haavard Boehmer, PE, Michael S. Klassen, PE, Ph.D.
Date of issue: October 2019

 

Based on this analysis, a closed sleeping room door was found to provide greater benefit than harm to the public during a home fire, however, messaging strategies still lack consensus.