On 22/01/13 22:56, Rohan McLeod wrote:
Allan Duncan wrote:
On 22/01/13 15:10, Rohan McLeod wrote:
Assembled cognoscenti; it being the bush-fire season my thoughts turned to the practicability of protecting buildings , using external water-spray systems. [...]
The term "bushfire protection" needs to be better defined before you can move on to numbers on a page. Many thanks for the practical advice; my interest as mentioned is more idle curiosity though and the theoretical limits of spray systems. As far as 'bush-fire protection' goes; I am thinking specifically of avoiding fire damage during the actual bush-fire; as far as 'bush-fire' goes I would prefer some kind of continuum definition; that is a function of height, distance, intensity and duration; don't know if that helps,
The biggest risk to my house is the neighbouring house to the north, which is open underneath the floor. It's called Exposure in the firefighting business: Rescue Exposure Confinement Extinguishment Overhaul