Subject: Fire suppression systems
Has anyone gone through a survey looking at fire-fighting systems and their effect on museum objects? Considering fire extinguishers (water, CO2, chemical powder. others), sprinkler and watermist-systems, what effect do they have on various types of materials/objects when used. How easy is it to clean the objects afterwards (sticking to surface, penetration) when the extinguishing media has worked together with the fire/smoke/other compounds. Museum objects can be iron, wood, textile, glass, ceramics, paper, photos, paintings/painted surfaces. I am not interested in the extinguishing capacity (which is well documented), only the effect on objects and surfaces. The question looks quite extensive, I am hoping for a short answer with some references. Yours sincerely, Espen Hernes *** Conservation DistList Instance 10:55 Distributed: Monday, December 9, 1996 Message Id: cdl-10-55-010 ***Received on Monday, 9 December, 1996