Code Change G58-03/04: Smoke Control Requirements for High-Rise Buildings

摘要

Until the early 1970s, the fire protection of most high-rise buildings simply consisted of fire resistive construction, a fire alarm system, a standpipe system and smoke-proof exit stair enclosures. The debate over whether high-rise buildings should be protected by a sprinkler system pitted the fire service and fire protection engineers against the real estate industry and architects. In the early 1970s, the real estate industry argued that installing sprinkler protection in high-rise buildings was unnecessary and too costly, while architects were concerned about the aesthetics of sprinklers.