Fire safety separation distances between camping units and caravans
(2024) In TVBB- Abstract
- Almost 20 years ago, MSB's representatives published general advice and comments on fire protection at camping facilities (SRVFS2004:12). However, this is considered general advice and is not technically mandatory. This advice is linked to 2 kap. 2 § of the Act (2003:778) on protection against accidents, which in this case points out an obligation for owners and users of camping facilities to maintain fire protection to a reasonable extent.
Within this document there contains advice on what distances are needed between camping units to reduce the risk of fire spreading between them. However, there is no deeper background to the prescribed distance requirement given (in general 4 metres). Based on an assessment it appears that the... (More) - Almost 20 years ago, MSB's representatives published general advice and comments on fire protection at camping facilities (SRVFS2004:12). However, this is considered general advice and is not technically mandatory. This advice is linked to 2 kap. 2 § of the Act (2003:778) on protection against accidents, which in this case points out an obligation for owners and users of camping facilities to maintain fire protection to a reasonable extent.
Within this document there contains advice on what distances are needed between camping units to reduce the risk of fire spreading between them. However, there is no deeper background to the prescribed distance requirement given (in general 4 metres). Based on an assessment it appears that the distances between tents and units have not changed since previous guidelines the background knowledge of how these requirements were developed is lost. The requirements have their basis in a notice sheet from the National Rescue Service (1984:5 Fire protection at campsites and the like) but where the distance requirements in that document have their basis is, however, unknown. Furthermore, camping units, like other things in society, have developed significantly over recent time. The development, for example through the choice of materials and more, may have changed the progress of fires in caravans and mobile homes and thus also the risk of spread between them. Thus, the purpose of this project is to make a review of these guidelines, investigate what other countries prescribe, what is written in the scientific literature on this topic, and investigate how materials used in these objects have changed to gain an understanding on whether the given requirement is still considered sufficient or if it needs to be reviewed and revised.
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- Wilkens Flecknoe-Brown, Konrad LU
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- publishing date
- 2024-02-01
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- Book/Report
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- published
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- TVBB
- issue
- 3266
- pages
- 47 pages
- publisher
- Lund University, Department of Fire Safety Engineering
- language
- English
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- yes
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- b740a007-ef08-4932-8bb6-b743118d2265
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abstract = {{Almost 20 years ago, MSB's representatives published general advice and comments on fire protection at camping facilities (SRVFS2004:12). However, this is considered general advice and is not technically mandatory. This advice is linked to 2 kap. 2 § of the Act (2003:778) on protection against accidents, which in this case points out an obligation for owners and users of camping facilities to maintain fire protection to a reasonable extent.<br/>Within this document there contains advice on what distances are needed between camping units to reduce the risk of fire spreading between them. However, there is no deeper background to the prescribed distance requirement given (in general 4 metres). Based on an assessment it appears that the distances between tents and units have not changed since previous guidelines the background knowledge of how these requirements were developed is lost. The requirements have their basis in a notice sheet from the National Rescue Service (1984:5 Fire protection at campsites and the like) but where the distance requirements in that document have their basis is, however, unknown. Furthermore, camping units, like other things in society, have developed significantly over recent time. The development, for example through the choice of materials and more, may have changed the progress of fires in caravans and mobile homes and thus also the risk of spread between them. Thus, the purpose of this project is to make a review of these guidelines, investigate what other countries prescribe, what is written in the scientific literature on this topic, and investigate how materials used in these objects have changed to gain an understanding on whether the given requirement is still considered sufficient or if it needs to be reviewed and revised.<br/>}},
author = {{Wilkens Flecknoe-Brown, Konrad}},
institution = {{Lund University, Department of Fire Safety Engineering}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{02}},
number = {{3266}},
series = {{TVBB}},
title = {{Fire safety separation distances between camping units and caravans}},
url = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/202420398/study_on_distance_between_camping_units_KonradWilkens.pdf}},
year = {{2024}},
}