Importance of Smoke Toxicity in Fire Hazard Assessment
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Smoke toxicity in a building fire should be watched carefully. In fact, people died in building fires were mainly due to smoke, not heat. Many tests were developed to determine the toxic potency data for different materials. Samples of surface lining materials commonly used in Hong Kong are tested to determine the toxic potency data of burning those selected materials. Smoke toxicity and the effects of toxic components of smoke on human beings following NFPA 269 and ASTM E 1678 will be followed. Such tests should be specified in the local fire codes.
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