FIRE BEHAVIOR OF A LARGE-SIZED KIOSK IN RAILWAY STATIONS(Fire Safety)

Yasushi TAKEI; Seiji YAMADA; Daisuke KAMIKAWA; Yuji HASEMI

doi:10.3130/aijt.11.237

Effect of Natural Aging of Timber Building Structures on Fire Behavior and Fire Safety

Fire Behavior and Fire Protection in Timber Buildings - Springer Series in Wood Science ◽

10.1007/978-94-007-7460-5_10 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 229-258

Author(s):

Roza Aseeva ◽

Boris Serkov ◽

Andrey Sivenkov

Keyword(s):

Fire Safety ◽

Fire Behavior ◽

Natural Aging ◽

Building Structures

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Fire Behavior of Electrical Installations in Buildings

Energies ◽

10.3390/en13236433 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (23) ◽

pp. 6433

Author(s):

Jadwiga Fangrat ◽

Katarzyna Kaczorek-Chrobak ◽

Bartłomiej K. Papis

Keyword(s):

Heat Release ◽

Fire Safety ◽

Fire Behavior ◽

Construction Materials ◽

Safety Evaluation ◽

Electrical Circuit ◽

Scale Test ◽

Fire Properties ◽

Real Scale ◽

Electrical Installation

Electrical installations are a significant component of fire load inside a building, although they are often neglected in the overall fire safety analysis and are not subjected to any kind of fire safety evaluation of a building. A typical electrical installation unconnected to the mains was experimentally studied using a single burning item (SBI) test apparatus, fixed to two types of popular non-combustible or combustible (wooden-based) backgrounds simulating a typical building internal wall or ceiling. The semi-real scale test showed that poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) cable, commonly used in installations in buildings in Europe and used in SBI tests, showed high fire properties related to heat release, smoke production and flame spread to other interior elements. The results of the electrical circuit connected to the main measurements carried out showed a significant impact of the heating effect towards the uncovered surface socket, causing the possibility of easy ignition inside the installation. In conclusion, it was found that even a relatively simple and short section of electrical installation resulted in a significant increase in the heat release rate and smoke generation parameters, obtained during the SBI tests, and as a consequence a reduction of one or two reaction to fire euroclasses of construction materials for internal walls.

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Prioritization of Interventions and Technologies to Prevent Fire Spread in Hospitals

Health Technology Assessment in Action ◽

10.18502/htaa.v5i2.8006 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Seyed Mahmoud Mirakbari ◽

Maryam Ooshaksaraie ◽

Maryam Daneshmand-Mehr ◽

Hossein Amoozad Khalili ◽

Seyed Ali Majidi

Keyword(s):

Fire Safety ◽

Applied Mathematics ◽

Fire Behavior ◽

Fire Spread ◽

Architectural Form ◽

Fire Extinguishing ◽

Alarm Systems ◽

Multi Attribute Decision Making ◽

Simple Additive Weighting ◽

Two Stages

Background: Fire is one of the potential dangers that threatens human activities more and more. Given that, this study sought to introduce the factors preventing the spread of fire in hospitals to policymakers through prioritization based on the techniques of applied mathematics (multi-attribute decision-making technique). Methods: This study consisted of two stages. In the first stage, through a comprehensive review of studies, factors preventing the spread of fire were identified, and then in the second stage, based on the experts’ opinions, the attributes affecting the prioritization and their weights were determined. Finally, based on the Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) model, the final prioritization was done for five types of hospital buildings. Results: Based on the literature review and experts’ opinions, seven factors and four attributes were identified. The most important factors were “the use of safety architecture and equipping with appropriate emergency exit accesses according to the standard” in highrise hospitals, “continuous firefighting training of the personnel” in wide hospitals, “use of fire extinguishing systems (automatic and manual)” in subsurface hospitals, “use of fire extinguishing systems (automatic and manual)” in combined hospitals, and “continuous firefighting training of the personnel” in portable hospitals. Conclusions: Fire safety is not limited to the installation of a manual fire extinguisher, but for fire safety, especially in hospitals, all aspects should be considered, including the architectural form of the building, how the materials and equipment in the building caught fire, fire behavior in terms of heat transfer, the firefighting training of the personnel, recognition, and application of modern and ready-made equipment for smoke ventilation systems and fire products, automatic and manual fire alarm systems, and extinguishing systems to prevent the spread of fire.

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The application of interactive multimedia CD-ROM technology to wildland fire safety training

The Forestry Chronicle ◽

10.5558/tfc76953-6 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 76 (6) ◽

pp. 953-959 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

R. W. Thorburn ◽

A. MacMillan ◽

M. E. Alexander

Keyword(s):

Fire Safety ◽

Interactive Multimedia ◽

Situational Awareness ◽

Wildland Fire ◽

Fire Behavior ◽

Safety Training ◽

Computer Applications ◽

Multimedia Technology ◽

Cd Rom ◽

National Team

Interactive multimedia technology has been utilized in the development of a CD-ROM based wildland fire safety training course, Wildland Fire – Safety on the Fireline. Interactive multimedia technology allows delivery of training to a large number of students on a consistent basis. In addition, cost savings can be achieved through reduced learning time, reduced travel, minimal use of instructors, and most of all, through retention of knowledge as a result of using multimedia. The course, Wildland Fire – Safety on the Fireline, was developed and reviewed by a national team of specialists in wildland fire behavior and wildland fire safety with the intent of reducing and/or eliminating injuries and fatalities associated with the suppression of wildland fires. Wildland Fire – Safety on the Fireline focuses on due diligence, situational awareness, entrapment survival, health, equipment, and hazards encountered when working on the fireline. Each of the four sections comprising the course is followed by a board game test in preparation for a final test that is tracked by the computer. Key words: Canada, computer applications, fire behavior, fire entrapment avoidance, firefighter fatalities, firefighter physiology, fire suppression, fire survival, personal protective equipment, risk management, safe work practices, situational awareness, wildfire case studies, wildland firefighting, wildland-urban interface.

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