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#1 Posted : 29 March 2006 12:51:00(UTC)
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Posted By Al Beevers
For any of you fire safety consultants out there. What would be the likely maximum temperature reached in an 'average' office fire?

Vague answers and dubious estimates welcome, though if anyone can point me in the direction of some hard fact, even better.
Al.
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#2 Posted : 29 March 2006 13:19:00(UTC)
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Posted By TBC
These can vary greatly depending on what is involved. From 600 to 1300 degrees c. It can be cooking at the lower temp fully enclosed to near what feels like a blast furnace with plenty of draft. It will certainly melt your choc ice. Some fire-fighters often get crispy ears.
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#3 Posted : 29 March 2006 13:25:00(UTC)
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Posted By TBC
Look at fig 5 in this document and follow the red dotted line for fire temp with and without sprinklers.

http://www.mace.manchest...Study/Others/default.htm
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#4 Posted : 29 March 2006 19:31:00(UTC)
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Posted By John Murgatroyd
http://www.bre.co.uk/fire/section.jsp?sid=410

Give them a bell.
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