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Analysis of Fire Scenarios in Order to Ascertain an Acceptable Safety Level in Multi-Functional Buildings

Nilsson, Martin LU ; Van Hees, Patrick LU ; Frantzich, Håkan LU and Andersson, Berit LU (2012) 9th International Conference on Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods
Abstract
The construction of multifunctional buildings has increased over the last years as well as the threat level considering antagonistic events. This presents challenges for the fire safety in these types of buildings since the protection objectives needs to be more focused on the functions the buildings are providing. Further the antagonistic exposures might present more challenging fire scenarios. A structured method how to determine fire scenarios in order to ascertain an acceptable safety level in multifunctional buildings has been developed and is based on the SFPE Engineering guides Fire Risk Assessment and Performance-Based Fire Protection. The method provides guidance on how to determine assets worth to preserve, protection objectives,... (More)
The construction of multifunctional buildings has increased over the last years as well as the threat level considering antagonistic events. This presents challenges for the fire safety in these types of buildings since the protection objectives needs to be more focused on the functions the buildings are providing. Further the antagonistic exposures might present more challenging fire scenarios. A structured method how to determine fire scenarios in order to ascertain an acceptable safety level in multifunctional buildings has been developed and is based on the SFPE Engineering guides Fire Risk Assessment and Performance-Based Fire Protection. The method provides guidance on how to determine assets worth to preserve, protection objectives, exposures and finally the fire scenarios for multifunctional buildings. Previous accidents and events are discussed and serve as a background to the additional considerations needed for multifunctional buildings (compared to general buildings) and related to antagonistic exposures when determining fire scenarios. This article is a part of the project SAFE Multibygg that focuses on a methodology to identify fire risks with respect to antagonistic attacks in multifunctional buildings and to define fire safety solutions. (Less)
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Fire scenarios, design fire, performance-based design, antagonism, terrorism, multi¬functional building, multipurpose building
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9th Int'l. Conf 2012 Proceedings & Case Studies
publisher
Society of Fire Protection Engineers
conference name
9th International Conference on Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods
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Hong Kong, China
conference dates
2012-06-20
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English
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ba2dd7e8-e03d-404f-8118-10622536286b (old id 3915165)
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  abstract     = {{The construction of multifunctional buildings has increased over the last years as well as the threat level considering antagonistic events. This presents challenges for the fire safety in these types of buildings since the protection objectives needs to be more focused on the functions the buildings are providing. Further the antagonistic exposures might present more challenging fire scenarios. A structured method how to determine fire scenarios in order to ascertain an acceptable safety level in multifunctional buildings has been developed and is based on the SFPE Engineering guides Fire Risk Assessment and Performance-Based Fire Protection. The method provides guidance on how to determine assets worth to preserve, protection objectives, exposures and finally the fire scenarios for multifunctional buildings. Previous accidents and events are discussed and serve as a background to the additional considerations needed for multifunctional buildings (compared to general buildings) and related to antagonistic exposures when determining fire scenarios. This article is a part of the project SAFE Multibygg that focuses on a methodology to identify fire risks with respect to antagonistic attacks in multifunctional buildings and to define fire safety solutions.}},
  author       = {{Nilsson, Martin and Van Hees, Patrick and Frantzich, Håkan and Andersson, Berit}},
  booktitle    = {{9th Int'l. Conf 2012 Proceedings & Case Studies}},
  keywords     = {{Fire scenarios; design fire; performance-based design; antagonism; terrorism; multi¬functional building; multipurpose building}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Society of Fire Protection Engineers}},
  title        = {{Analysis of Fire Scenarios in Order to Ascertain an Acceptable Safety Level in Multi-Functional Buildings}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/5461935/3915255.pdf}},
  year         = {{2012}},
}