Table 1 Studies providing data on sprinkler system component reliability
Source | Country | Source of data | Application focus |
|---|---|---|---|
(Watanabe 1979) | Japan | Maintenance records | Japanese buildings |
(Moelling et al. 1980) | US | Unknown | US nuclear installations |
(Finucane and Pinkney 1988) | UK | UKAEA Systems Reliability Service | General |
(Nash and Young 1991) | UK | UKAEA Systems Reliability Service | General |
(Budnick 2001) | US | Collected from several sprinkler systems | General |
| Â | Â | in one complex over 66 months | Â |
(Ronty and Keski-Rahkonen 2004) | Finland | Finnish nuclear plant | Buildings in Finland |
| Â | Â | electronic maintenance reports, | (emphasis on nuclear) |
| Â | Â | non-nuclear building inspectionn statistics | (emphasis on nuclear) |
(Hauptmanns et al. 2008) | Germany | OREDA, IAUT-AC report | General |
(Gravestock 2008) | New Zealand | New Zealand fire protection | fire safety systems |
| Â | Â | industry surveys | fire safety systems |
(Moinuddin et al. 2009) | Australia | Historical data from 23 Australian * | Australian high-rise |
| Â | Â | high-rise office buildings aged 4 to 36 years* | office buildings |
(SINTEF 2009) | Â | Offshore oil and gas installation | Oil and gas |
| Â | Â | (10 - 43 pieces of equipment from 1 - 9 installations) | installations |
(Brammer 2010) | Australia and | Â | water supplies |
| Â | New Zealand | Â | Â |