An overview and experimental analysis of furniture fire safety regulations in Europe

There is a trend in Europe towards increasing the quality and performance of regulations. At the same time, regulatory failure has been observed in the area of building fire safety regulation in England and elsewhere. As a result, an analysis of the appropriateness of fire safety regulations in Spain is warranted, with the objective being to assess whether a suitable level of fire safety is currently being delivered. Three basic elements must be considered in such analysis: the legal and regulatory framework, the level of fire risk/safety of buildings that is expected and the level which actually results, and a suitable method of analysis. The focus of this paper is creating a legal and regulatory framework, in particular with respect to fire safety in buildings. Components of an ”ideal” building regulatory framework to adequately control fire risk are presented, the existing building regulatory framework is summarized, and an analysis of the gaps between the ideal and the existing systems is presented. It is concluded that the gaps between the ideal and the existing framework are significant, and that the current fire safety regulations are not appropriate for assuring delivery of the intended level of fire risk mitigation.

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Latvijas Komunistiskās (boļševiku) partijas Ventspils apriņķa komitejas slepenā sarakste ar Prokuratūras, Iekšlietu un Valsts drošības iestādēm (1945–1949)

Sabiedrība un kultūra: rakstu krājums = Society and Culture: conference proceedings - Sabiedrība un kultūra = Society and Culture ◽

10.37384/sk.2021.23.039 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 39-44

Author(s):

Dzintars Ērglis ◽

Keyword(s):

Communist Party ◽

Fire Safety ◽

Military Personnel ◽

Central Committee ◽

The State ◽

State Security ◽

Safety Regulations ◽

Supreme Council

The secret correspondence of the Ventspils District Committee of the Latvian Communist (Bol-shevik) Party (LC(b)P) with the Prosecutor’s Office, the Interior and the State Security Institutions dur-ing the last years of the district’s existence, from 1945 to 1949, shows how the Communist Party man-aged and controlled life in the region. The research is based on the scope of documents dedicated to Ventspils District Committee of the LC(b)P. The secret correspondence covers the following issues: collection of compromising materials on the nominees; abuse of authority performed by officials and military personnel; events organized by the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of State Security in Ventspils District on election days of the Supreme Council, local councils and the People's Court; sending the best communists to work in the sys-tem of the Ministry of the State Security and the Ministry of the Interior, as decided by the Central Committee Bureau of LC(b)P; the staff conflicts within the Interior and State Security Institutions; defi-ciencies in the work of people's courts; non-compliance with the fire safety regulations, etc.

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Comparative study of building fire safety regulations in different Brazilian states

Journal of Building Engineering ◽

10.1016/j.jobe.2017.03.001 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 10 ◽

pp. 102-108 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Eduardo E.C. Rodrigues ◽

João P.C. Rodrigues ◽

Luiz C.P. da Silva Filho

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Fire Safety ◽

Building Fire ◽

Safety Regulations

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BIM as support for design process with fire safety regulations

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Safety ◽

10.24840/2184-0954_001.001_0004 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 39-48

Author(s):

L. Sanches ◽

J. G. F. Abdalla ◽

M. A. S. Hippert

Keyword(s):

Design Process ◽

Fire Safety ◽

Parametric Design ◽

Algorithm Design ◽

Digital Tool ◽

Safety Standards ◽

Safety Regulations ◽

Design Software ◽

Legal Constraints

Based on a case study this research aims to answer if it is possible to, automatically, materialize fire safety standards in 3D forms using algorithmic-design software and also, to analyse means, methods and requirements for its creation. First, with a short literature review it was possible to approach the concepts of BIM and parametric design as well as its use throughout design process, this review was extended to fire safety standards seeking to understand how it defines architectural details in Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Finally, a digital tool was developed using software Windows Excel and Rhinoceros/Grasshopper, and a set simulations were made to validate its use. The study showed it is possible to achieve results similar to the ones obtained by conventional methods; therefore, the use of legal constraints as parameters on an algorithm design software may bring more flexibility to design process as it can fasten the design choices validation.

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Compliance of fire safety measures for accommodation of people in Riga schools

21st International Scientific Conference "Economic Science for Rural Development 2020". Bioeconomy, Production and Co-operation in Agriculture, Finance and Taxes, Rural development and Entrepreneurship. ◽

10.22616/esrd.2020.53.027 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Mihails Urbans ◽

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Jelena Malahova ◽

Vladimirs Jemeļjanovs ◽

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Keyword(s):

Fire Safety ◽

Important Condition ◽

Safety Measures ◽

Safety Requirements ◽

Public Facilities ◽

Safety Regulations ◽

Actual Fire ◽

To Receive ◽

The City ◽

Temporary Accommodation

This article describes the situation with fire safety at Riga schools regarding their compliance with the fire safety requirements set in Latvia for accommodation of people in schools. The objective of the current paper was to research and evaluate the compliance with the requirements of regulatory enactments regarding the accommodation in Riga schools and analyse the actual fire safety situation during accommodation of participants of the Dance and Song Festivals in Riga schools. The research was conducted in spring of 2018, prior to the Dance and Song Festival, assessing the compliance of 60 accommodation sites with the Latvian regulatory enactments on fire safety. During the Dance and Song Festival, it was planned to organise accommodation places in schools for 24 000 persons – participants of the festival events in the city of Riga. Ensuring fire safety at public facilities is a topical issue for any country, since the fulfilment of fire safety requirements is important not only in cases, when school premises are intended to be used for temporary accommodation of participants of the Dance and Song Festivals for a period not exceeding a week, but also in cases when children have to stay in school premises every day to receive the knowledge they will need in their future lives and the fulfilment of fire safety regulations is an important condition for providing the overall safety.

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The fire safety of two-storey church buildings

ПОЖАРОВЗРЫВОБЕЗОПАСНОСТЬ ◽

10.22227/0869-7493.2021.30.03.65-75 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 65-75

Author(s):

V. I. Prisadkov ◽

S. V. Muslakova ◽

D. V. Ushakov ◽

A. A. Abashkin ◽

K. V. Prisadkov

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Fire Safety ◽

Individual Risk ◽

Safety Criterion ◽

Safety Control ◽

Ground Floor ◽

Safety Regulations ◽

Church Building ◽

Theoretical Foundations ◽

Church Buildings

Introduction. Two-storey church buildings, that date back to the past centuries, are usually regarded as monuments of history and architecture. Their facades cannot be changed when buildings are adapted for modern use. The ground floor of a church building is used as a warm winter church, and the first floor is an unheated summer church. The evacuation of church members from the ground floor in case of fire is organized in accordance with fire safety regulations. If the area of the upper church floor is 80…200 m2 or more, the number of people may exceed 100 people there. As a rule, the upper church has one evacuation exit, which is contrary to the fire safety regulations, that prescribe the availability of several exits from the upper church floor when the number of people there exceeds fifty. The purpose of the article is to propose fire safety amendments in respect of cultural heritage monuments, so that the acceptable number of people inside a church building, that has one exit, can exceed fifty.Theoretical foundations of amendments to fire safety regulations. Methods of flexible fire safety control, applied today, allow for the regulatory harmonization of the requirements applicable to the adaptation of immovable cultural heritage for modern use. The level of individual risk is the fire safety criterion for a two-storey church building.Substantiation of effectiveness of the fire safety system. A system of measures is proposed to ensure the fire safety of two-storey church buildings. The proposals will allow to increase the number of people on the first floor, so that it can exceed fifty. The case of a functional church is analyzed, which demonstrates methods of increasing the number of people inside it to one hundred. The results of modeling the process of evacuation from the upper church floor are presented.Conclusions. An individual risk, arising in a church building that has one exit, is analyzed, and the implementation of the fire safety criterion is substantiated. Draft amendments to the fire safety regulations have been proposed, so that the number of people inside a church building, that has one exit, can exceed fifty.

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