CRITICAL FLOW RATE
In spite of horrendous loss of life, property, and means of production from structural fires, conventional manual fire suppression technology is still essentially at the World War II level. The old ‘'Save-yourwater"/ “Catch-up” approach is still widely used.
Although there has been fire behavior, suppressant, and building material research, practical suppression research involving both the fire service a fid the scientific community has been neglected, largely because of its complexity.
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