Re: Electric windows and opening in a fire?

["Andy Davies" <dajdavies@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm no fire tech but I reckon it could make it worse as it creates a
chimney
effect - hot air escaping will draw fresh air (and hence oxygen) in - isn't
the current fire prevention advice to close doors if you find a fire?

A friend's Mum died in a fire about 15 years ago, she fell asleep smoking
but because the doors of the room she was in were closed the room burnt out
but the fire didn't spread.


On 28/05/07, Paul Gale <groups2@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Just wondering what the combined wisdom is of allowing an automatic
velux
> window to open in the event of fire/smoke?
>
> Obviously (?) opening if a smoke detector goes off may be OK but how
about
> opening in the event of a heat detector being triggered? Could that
make the
> situation worse? (i.e. providing a nice supply of oxygen to the fire?)
>
>


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