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Smoke Detector in Parking Garage



Had a fire in an apartment building, under-building parking. Car caught on
fire, lots of smoke but the building did not catch on fire and was
undamaged. There is a heat detector about 20' away that did not detect (AHS
addressable Silent Knight). The managers want to know about alternate
detection should this occur again. I don't normally use smokes in parking
areas for obvious reasons, what do you guys do? Any ideas to better protect
this building?

Side note: It was a stolen car, the fuel lines were loosened and the car was
found by the cops, who contacted the owner to remove it. As soon as he tried
to start it, it erupted in flame. Knocked down by locals until the FD showed
up. Asphalt damaged by heat, car destroyed, yet relatively little heat
actually rose to the structure. Height is 8'. Spacing of the heats is about
40' radius (car was in end stall) though rated for 75' (yea, different I
know).




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