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

Report & proceedings

Door Messaging Strategies: Implications for Detection and Notification

The goal of this project was to assess and document the impact of a closed sleeping room door on smoke alarm early notification and home escape in the modern fire environment of residential dwellings.

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Workshop proceedings

These are the proceedings of the “Door Messaging Strategies Workshop”. The event was held on July 9, 2019 in Maryland. This workshop was conducted as part of a one-year research project.

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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.