December 2012
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
9h 35m
English
CO2 Fire Suppression System for Theatrical Fire Effects |
Jens McVoy |
For every director who wants to use live fire, there is a fire marshal ready to refuse. The reluctance is, of course, rooted in a legitimate concern about the difficulties of controlling live fire onstage. Probably no live-fire effect can be made foolproof, but an effective CO2, fire suppression system like the one described here can help reassure everyone involved in a production.

FIGURE 1: THE CO2 FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM
Figure 1 shows how this suppression system was integrated into a trash-barrel fire effect for a Yale Repertory Theatre production. As part of ...
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