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External fire spread


BRANZ has conducted research to develop external exposure design fires and related building controls.

A series of reduced-scale fire experiments have been conducted to better understand the phenomena of flames projected from a single compartment opening, which can lead to vertical fire spread up a building exterior. Although there are several correlations and experimental data available to predict the projected flame heights, there exist some differences in the predicted flame heights. Correlations to estimate the heat fluxes above the opening are relatively limited.

Representative flame images from maximum flame heights