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Title: The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Architect and Engineer Co
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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of hazardous factory processes cannotbe overcome by the addition of special fire protection after the completionof the building. In such cases these delects o))erate as a fixed charge u))onthe property and contents as long as the building stands. Fire protection engineering is coming to be a profession by itself, but,after all, its chief distinguishing (piality is common sense. The principaldemand is that the architect and builder should have a consciousness of thefire hazard, for up to this time very few^ of them ha\e thought much aboutit. With the thought of the importance of this item in their minds no griev-ous blundering is possible, and technical advice on specific features cangenerally be had without charge from fire protection engineers in the serviceof the various underwriters inspection departments having jurisdiction. •Drawings furnished by New England Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies.tSecrctary National Fire Protection .\ssociation. 70 The Architect and Ens.ineer
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A S:<c,-essf:(l F:in metal window frWindows toward retng fell. Jed u/ were broke tardant service of Kl) alley was totally Jestrov ?n side -wall of buniing hu It is the intent of this article to set out certain fundamental principleswhich may serve as a basis of approach for those who have as yet given nothought to the subject. Experience in fire protection engineering suggests three points to be keptin mind in planning a factory: 1. There should be as little combustible material as possible used in itsconstruction and equipment. 2. Each floor should be absolutely cut oft from every other floor andeach section from every other section, so that fire may not communicate. 3. Every part of the factory should be equipped with fire extinguishingapparatus. It is obvious that a factory of reinforced concrete will present certainadvantages respecting the fire hazard over the slow-burning or mill con- TIic .Iniiilcct and Engineer 71 struction type: altliough the latter is preferred by many ma

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