SR225 Residential kitchen local fire protection - experiments (2010)

Residential kitchen fires are attributable to a large proportion of residential fire deaths, injuries and damage, therefore a reduction in kitchen-related fires would make a significant impact in our community.

This report summarises an experiment-based approach developed to assess the performance of potential systems for use in suppression of local kitchen fires. A framework to quantify the effectiveness of such systems was also developed that includes a generic test method and a calculation methodology.

The influences of experimental parameters were investigated in the process of developing the test methodology.

A single sprinkler head is used to demonstrate the proposed test and effectiveness calculation methodologies for a limited fire challenge.