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As part of a programme of fire research into the performance of sprinkler systems, it was necessary to design wooden crib fires having differing rates of development, in order that the effect of this factor on the response of sprinkler heads to a growing fire could be studied. This note describes experiments carried out to examine the effect of crib geometry on the rate of development of the fire resulting from ignition by a small source. The results are compared with other work, and the possibility of designing a fire of particular characteristics is examined.