 "New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand)")
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Engineer's pioneering work led to advances in fire codes.
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New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand)
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July 19, 2008
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Cliff Raymond Barnett, MNZM, engineer. Died aged 79.
Cliff Bennett became one of New Zealand's most distinguished engineers through an unusual specialty - fire engineering.
During his long career he dispelled a number of commonly held beliefs about fires and acquired international respect for his work.
Historically, fire regulations were written in arbitrary fashion, generally as the result of a major disaster such as the Great Fire of London in 166...
