Summarises the history of fire and smoke control during the past 100 years. Provides the history of ASHRAE's development of fire and smoke control and discusses the evolution of fire and smoke control systems from the pull station and heat detectors to smoke detectors and the complete automation system. A final topic presented is the impact of technology, such as microelectronics, distributed processing, sensor bus, and integration with heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC).

KEYWORDS: year 1995, history, smoke ventilation, fire protection, smoke detectors, fire detectors