Passive Fire Protection (PFP)
Masonry walls have an endothermic effect of its hydrates, as in chemically bound water, as well as unbound moisture from the concrete block, as well as the poured concrete if the hollow cores inside the blocks are filled.
Masonry buildings can also be built to increase safety by reducing fire damage, such as the use of fire cuts during construction.
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She has buried him down and down.
He never shall sally to Sally
Nor soil any roofs of the town.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
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The mind is made unchanging, for it finds
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The flagstone under all, the fire of fires,
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