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FSE 200 Final Project

Spring 2017

Dr. Starnes

Group Name: <Insert Name Here>

Group Members: Joseph Hunt, Aaron Garbus, Wahab Alabbadi, Meshaal Alshamaar

Our research topic concerns civilian fatalities in fires from 1970 to 2016. Specifically, we are concerned with how fire suppression systems have helped to reduce deaths in fires in this time frame. How have Fire Suppressions helped to reduce civilian fire fatalities in the United States? We selected these years because they encompass the introduction of fire suppression sensors such as smoke alarms and brings us to present day where in sprinklers are found in most buildings even in some residential homes, though these are not necessarily popular, but are certainly becoming more and more popular with time. This should give us an approximate understanding of how suppression systems have assisted in egress and allowing for a few extra minutes for occupants to escape a fire situation.

Our data is mainly coming from the NFPA and the USFA. The NFPA is the National Fire Protection Agency, they are leading experts for all things fire related and do lots of research on fire related incidents. The NFPA is known for their national fire protection and prevention codes. This is what makes them such a great source, because fire research is all they do. The second source we chose to use is the USFA. This is the United States Fire Administration, and much like NFPA are known for their fire research and active efforts in fire prevention awareness. We have many of our sources, but we are continuing to seek out more so we will have plenty of references. Much of our data will come directly from the NFPA and the USFA, including their tables, graphs, and charts. We think this is the best way to gather our information as it is directly from the research and expertise of the organizations themselves.

We plan to use our data to show how fire suppression systems help to prevent casualties in fire situations. In most fire situations, the suppression system will not stop the fire, but it can give people enough time to get out. We hope that our research will show that fire suppression systems continue to evolve and become better, the amount of deaths in fire situations will decrease. We will probably be using mostly bar graphs, this will allow people so see the rise and fall in the data more clearly and plainly. Our data analysis will most likely consist of finding the average, median, and mode in a set of data, to see what the average number of deaths in a fire is and to see how that compares with the rest of the data.

We hope to show through our research that fire suppression systems help to reduce deaths in fire situations. We hope that the data will reflect a decrease in fire deaths since their introduction and increase in popularity. In the end, we hope to recommend, with support of our data, the continued use of fire protection systems and the use of them in homes and other occupancies that do not already require them.

Since 1970 to 2006, there have been multiple cases of fire all over the United States. There are multiple fire suppression systems that have helped reduce the numbers of deaths that are as a result of fire incidences. Some of the fire suppression systems in use in the current times are smoke sensors and sprinklers that pass water to fight fires when they break out. Most of the systems in place are not meant to completely fight the fires but ensure the residents are allowed some more time to move out of the buildings. NFPA has done a lot of research regarding fire suppression mechanisms and data that is generated from this source will be of importance for this research. Data that is collected from the fire suppression systems will help develop better mechanisms that will make the process of fire fighting a smooth one.

In most cases, the fire suppression systems have been installed in the public places. Some of the reasons why the systems have been in public areas are that some of them are expensive to purchase. At the moment, the fire suppression systems have been installed in residential areas hence reducing the numbers of deaths that are as a result of fire. The ultimate solution to fighting fires is the fire fighting machines and firemen who come to the ground and put out the fires. There is the need to keep the firemen motivated by offering them better compensations because they get involved in risky activities. To gain the evidence of the effectiveness of the fire fighters, data will be collected from their departments to make a recommendation on what should be done in their department and make them more productive. If sufficient information regarding fire suppression is collected and used in this research, we expect to have minimal deaths as a result of fire crisis.