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Old 26th July 2007 | 14:34
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noblues
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Interesting document on automatic fire detectors in aircraft cargo departments.
http://www.fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire01/PDF/f01116.pdf
From the introduction, they state that only 1 in 200 warnings are real.
Not to say any warning should be ignored, but statistically its reassuring.
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