Small Problem, Big Crisis: A Study on the Importance of Fire Separation in Tall Buildings

2011 ◽  
Vol 328-330 ◽  
pp. 1062-1066
Author(s):  
Yaw Long Wang ◽  
Chi Min Shu
Keyword(s):  
Tall Buildings ◽  
Fire Risk ◽  
Fire Prevention ◽  
Great Loss ◽  
Small Problem ◽  
Property Insurance ◽  
Insurance Agents ◽  
Building Research Institute ◽  
Fire Prevention Management ◽  
Fire Accident

Risk is a concept that denotes the probability of the occurrence of dangers. The factors that generate fires and dangers are numerous, and always emerge in unapparent places. Once these factors are identified, a fire accident would happen and lead to great loss. For the fires happening in tall buildings that caused immense loss, the function of planned fire separation system was destroyed because the users had weak fire prevention concepts. One of the typical examples is the fire that happened and spread over Don-ke Building in Sijhih City, Taipei County, Taiwan. Based on the damage prevention concepts of property insurance agents, the study focused on the importance of the fire prevention management in tall buildings. The other part that was paid attention to is the Fire Safety Building strongly encouraged and propelled by the Architecture and Building Research Institute of Ministry of the Interior, with which the study conducted an investigation on fire risk management.

scholarly journals Fire Risk Analysis and Optimization of Fire Prevention Management for Green Building Design and High Rise Buildings: Hong Kong Experience

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Yau ◽  
Samuel K. M. Ho
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Fire Safety ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Fire Risk ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Fire Prevention ◽  
Green Building Design ◽  
Fire Risk Analysis ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Fire Prevention Management

Abstract There are many iconic high rise buildings in Hong Kong, for example, International Commercial Centre, International Financial Centre, etc. Fire safety issue in high rise buildings has been raised by local fire professionals in terms of occupant evacuation, means of fire-fighting by fire fighters, sprinkler systems to automatically put off fires in buildings, etc. Fire risk becomes an important issue in building fire safety because it relates to life safety of building occupants where they live and work in high rise buildings in Hong Kong. The aim of this research is to identify the fire risk for different types of high rise buildings in Hong Kong and to optimise the fire prevention management for those high rise buildings with higher level of fire risk and to validate the model and also to carry out the study of the conflict between the current fire safety building code and the current trend of green building design. Survey via the 7-point scale questionnaire was conducted through 50 participants and their responses were received and analysed via the statistical tool SPSS software computer program. A number of statistical methods of testing for significantly difference in samples were adopted to carry out the analysis of the data received. When the statistical analysis was completed, the results of the data analysis were validated by two Fire Safety Experts in this area of specialisation and also by quantitative fire risk analysis.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF SAFETY SYSTEM RELIABILITY KI HADJAR DEWANTARA MAKO KODICLATAL BUILDING TOWARDS FIRE HAZARDS PREVENTION

JOURNAL ASRO ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (02) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Dodiek Alfianzi ◽  
Ikhwan Syahtaria ◽  
Udisubakti Cipto Mulyono ◽  
I Made Jiwa Astika
Keyword(s):  
System Design ◽  
Management System ◽  
Fire Hazard ◽  
Inspection System ◽  
Fire Prevention ◽  
Fire Hazards ◽  
A Value ◽  
Precautionary Measures ◽  
Fire Prevention Management ◽  
In Fire

Designing a fire prevention inspection system in buildings is very necessary, to determine the level of reliability. The fire prevention management system uses the following criteria: precautionary measures and preventive supervision against fire hazards. The assessment of the system design is carried out by means of a questionnaire for respondents who understand / are experts in fire problems, and the application of the system design uses direct surveys and questionnaires to the building manager. The assessment is carried out at the smallest level. Analysis of the building reliability inspection system in fire prevention using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method, the criteria used are: prevention, limitation and extinguishing against fire. The fire prevention management system uses the following criteria: precautionary measures and preventive supervision against fire hazards. The results of the reliability inspection of the Ki Hadjar Dewantara Mako Kodiklatal building in Surabaya with a value of 94.06% indicated that the reliability system was in the "Less Reliable" category for fire hazard prevention.   Keywords: Inspection, fire prevention, reliability.

scholarly journals Fire Temperature Based on the Time and Resistance of Buildings—Predicting the Adoption of Fire Safety Measures

Fire ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciano Santarpia ◽  
Simone Bologna ◽  
Virgilio Ciancio ◽  
Iacopo Golasi ◽  
Ferdinando Salata
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Fire Risk ◽  
Fire Prevention ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Fire Load ◽  
Safety Measures ◽  
Fire Temperature ◽  
Fire Risk Analysis ◽  
Opening Factor

During a fire in enclosed spaces, having structures with a good level of resistance is very important. The post flashover fire time interval, during which rescue squads operate, is important to verify if the structure can still resist fire for an acceptable time interval. This can be determined through the REI value. Hence, the way the fire develops must be examined together with the trend of the temperature that might guarantee that the structure will resist the heat flux released during the combustion. This article examines and compares, through a case study, the most important methods for analysis of the fire risk: the prescriptive approach and the simplified performance-based approach. The performance-based method (more suitable for the actual planning demand with respect to the more cautious prescriptive approach) is affected by the parameters influencing its development. The goal of this article is to provide a graph (based on parameters like the type of building, opening factor “O” and fire load “q”) that might be used by designers and architects to carry out the planning phase and adopt fire prevention systems before dealing with the assessments required by the engineering field for the fire risk analysis.

Investigation and Statistical Analysis on Fire Loads of Large-Scale Wholesale Commercial Building

2011 ◽  
Vol 255-260 ◽  
pp. 259-263
Author(s):  
Yan Qing Bao
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Fire Risk ◽  
Fire Prevention ◽  
Fuel Composition ◽  
Commercial Building ◽  
Wholesale Market ◽  
Fire Load ◽  
Room Size ◽  
Fire Loads

There are lots of various goods in large-scale wholesale market, and all these goods were stacked together. Huge fire loads were formed and there is a great fire risk in this kind of architecture. Through investigation in a large-scale wholesale commercial building in Xi'an, some data such as fire load, fuel types, room size were collected .All these data were analyzed and the types of fuel composition in different kinds of shop were comprehended. The research will contribute to management of fire prevention in wholesale market.

Study on the Cause of Oil Tank Fire and Fire Prevention Countermeasure

2013 ◽  
Vol 864-867 ◽  
pp. 866-870
Author(s):  
Bing Qiang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Storage Tank ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Fire Prevention ◽  
Energy Strategy ◽  
Tank Farm ◽  
Oil Storage ◽  
Oil Storage Tank ◽  
Farm Scale ◽  
Oil Tank ◽  
Fire Accident

Oil is a kind of important chemical raw materials, countries have put oil as an important sources of energy and actively expanded its strategic oil reserve along with our country energy strategy adjustment. The number of oil storage increases constantly, the tank farm scale expands unceasingly and fire accident of oil storage tank rises constantly. So it is an important measure for preventing the oil tank fire to analyze reason of oil tank fire and adopt corresponding fire prevention countermeasures.

Fire Risk Assessment Procedure of Underground Commercial Street Based on Infectious Disease Model

2013 ◽  
Vol 663 ◽  
pp. 17-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Xie ◽  
Xu Zhang ◽  
Hui Chang Niu
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Model ◽  
Disease Model ◽  
Fire Risk ◽  
Propagation Model ◽  
Fire Prevention ◽  
Assessment Procedure ◽  
Infectious Disease Model ◽  
Commercial Street

The fire risks of spreading trends and spreading processes of Underground Commercial Street were digitalized in this work combining with the analog of the ‘infection propagation’ model, and a dynamic fire risk model was established with the consideration of fire risk flow. This investigation will provide effective data support for the initial planning, designing and fire prevention in various stages of Underground Commercial Street.

scholarly journals Understanding the heterogeneity of social preferences for fire prevention management

2014 ◽  
Vol 106 ◽  
pp. 91-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elsa Varela ◽  
Jette Bredahl Jacobsen ◽  
Mario Soliño
Keyword(s):  
Social Preferences ◽  
Fire Prevention ◽  
Fire Prevention Management

scholarly journals Influence of fire prevention management strategies on the diversity of butterfly fauna in the eastern Pyrenees

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francine Ricouart ◽  
Regis Cereghino ◽  
Charles Gers ◽  
Peter Winterton ◽  
Luc Legal
Keyword(s):  
Management Strategies ◽  
Fire Prevention ◽  
Eastern Pyrenees ◽  
Butterfly Fauna ◽  
Fire Prevention Management

scholarly journals A Prediction Model of Casualties Based on Machine Learning for Selection of Fire Scenario

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 165-173
Author(s):  
Donggoo Seo ◽  
Byunghun Park ◽  
Younghyun Lee ◽  
Wonhee Lee ◽  
Jungjae Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Regression Tree ◽  
Fire Risk ◽  
Classification And Regression Tree ◽  
Risk Assessments ◽  
Fire Prevention ◽  
Fire Growth ◽  
Fire Statistics ◽  
Classification And Regression ◽  
Cart Model ◽  
Selection Of

This study has developed a model that predicts casualties (dead and injured people) using the Classification And Regression Tree (CART). Based on the fire statistics collected over a decade, this model aims to select the appropriate risk-assessment scenarios and fire prevention and safety methods applicable on individual buildings. Our evaluation indicates that this CART model can accurately predict 48 scenarios based on 5 variables related to the types of fire, fire growth rates, and evacuation situations, and calculate the corresponding probabilities for each occurrence. This model is expected to improve future quantitative fire risk assessments.

scholarly journals IDENTIFIKASI KEBUTUHAN ALAT PEMADAM API RINGAN DI RSP UNIVERSITAS BRAWIJAYA MALANG

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Yoga Pradipta
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Fire Risk ◽  
Building Construction ◽  
Observational Research ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Fire Extinguisher ◽  
Maintenance Requirements ◽  
Fire Accident

The hospital will have a high fire risk in case of fire because in accommodating a lot of patients. Extinguish the fire at the first event of a fire can use the fire extinguisher. The aim of this study was to evaluate the fire extinguisher installation planning. This research was an observational research with a descriptive analysis method. The primary data were collected with observation, interviewing and the secondary data were collected from PT Nindya Karya, Rumah Sakit Pendidikan Universitas Brawijaya Malang projects. The sample of study was selected using by purposive sampling. The variables in this study were building construction classification and fire risk, fire classification and fire extinguisher requirement. The data were analyzed using descriptive analysis. The results showed that Rumah Sakit Pendidikan Universitas Brawijaya Malang project’s were public buildings classification with a low risk fire accident. This building’s risk fire classification were A, B and C. Each floor required 9 pieces of fire extinguisher with CO2 and dry powder types. This research was concluded that the fire extinguisher needs was accordance with Permenakertrans No. 4, 1980. It’s suggested to use the terms and conditions of Permenakertrans No.4, 1980 about the installation and maintenance requirements in planning the installation fire extinguisher.Keywords: Portable Fire Extinguisher identification, hospital buildin

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