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INC. 01 University Dr. • College Station.Texas 77840 • 713/846-5418 Refuge from fire invented by prof By LINDA SANTINOCETO i Reporter A Texas A&M architect has de signed a system that will provide people in a burning building with a way to survive until help arrives. Larry Grosse, assistant professor of construction science decided sim plicity was the key to an inexpensive method for creating areas of refuge that hotel guests and apartment and dormitory residents can reach with out venturing into smoke-filled cor ridors. Only 20 percent of deaths in fires are caused by fire itself. Most people die from inhaling toxic gases while trying to escape from a burning building, says Grosse a certified fire prevention inspector and adjunct professor to the National Fire Aca demy. “Depending on concentrations and types of gases, you may be looking at two to three breaths be fore you become incoherent,” he said. The presence of these gases has increased because of an increase in the amount of synthetics used in building materials and furnishings, Grosse said. Grosse said his method can be im- plemeted in buildings in which bed rooms and bathrooms are vertically stacked. In such buildings, a fan on the roof pulls air from the bathrooms through the ducts in the plumbing chase, a vertical core that contains exhaust ducts and sewage and water lines, he said. Grosse said new equipment would consist of a reversible blower and an air intake manifold equipped with smoke-activated dampers. The re versible blower, normally used as a exhaust system, would create a posi tive air pressure during fires. The manifold would force fresh air through the plumbing chase and into the bathroom, making it rea sonably safe during a fire, Grosse said. In addition, an air intake man ifold would be installed on ground level so that firemen can attach a blower if the reversible blower on the roof fails. As fresh air comes into the bath room, toxic fumes are pushed into the bedroom and eventually into the corridor. This creates a positive pressure in the bathroom, Grosse added. “If people are stabilized in their room, firemen can devote more man power to fire suppression and fewer personnel will be necessary for evac uation,” he explained. However, Grosse said, people should evacuate when possible. “We’re not encouraging people not to evacuate,” he says. “What I want is to create a system where when you can’t get out, you don’t feel that you’re in a postion where you have no other alternative.” Some critics of Grosse’s system feel that it would feed the fire with new oxygen. If there was a fire in the bedroom the oxygen would enhance it, Grosse said, but at the same time fresh air will be provided to people. Special Bring your roll of film to be.devel oped at regular price and get a FREE Roll of Film. 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