Design Fires for Fire Protection Engineering of Swedish School Buildings
Klason, Lars-Gunnar ; Johansson, Nils LU
; Andersson, Petra
and Van Hees, Patrick
LU
(2011)
Fire and Materials 2011
1.
p.159-169
- Abstract
- In Sweden, at least one school fire occurs every day. In most cases, arson is the cause of that fire.
The costs for these arson fires are considerable, especially those occurring after school hours. This paper
presents data for typical arson fire scenarios in schools and kindergartens in Sweden. This data will later
be used to evaluate, with regard to cost and benefit, different active and passive fire protection measures
used to prevent or reduce the consequences of arson in schools.
Four typical ignition scenarios have been identified: garbage or flammable liquid beside the façade, a
small vehicle (moped or motorcycle) beside the façade, flammable liquid ignited indoors and... (More) - In Sweden, at least one school fire occurs every day. In most cases, arson is the cause of that fire.
The costs for these arson fires are considerable, especially those occurring after school hours. This paper
presents data for typical arson fire scenarios in schools and kindergartens in Sweden. This data will later
be used to evaluate, with regard to cost and benefit, different active and passive fire protection measures
used to prevent or reduce the consequences of arson in schools.
Four typical ignition scenarios have been identified: garbage or flammable liquid beside the façade, a
small vehicle (moped or motorcycle) beside the façade, flammable liquid ignited indoors and burning
fireworks thrown indoors. These scenarios are considered to deviate from the typical design fires that
would be used in a fire safety engineering design. A literature survey has been made of fire data (e.g. heat
release rate and fire growth) for these scenarios and suggestions made for experiments in those cases
where data is scarce. The survey showed that available data is sufficient for all scenarios except fireworks
indoors and an experimental series was therefore conducted to provide data on this particular ignition
scenario. The results of the literature survey and experiments are presented in this paper. (Less)
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- author
- Klason, Lars-Gunnar
; Johansson, Nils
LU
; Andersson, Petra
and Van Hees, Patrick
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2011
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- arson, fire, ignition scenarios, schools
- host publication
- Fire and Materials Conferance
- volume
- 1
- pages
- 11 pages
- publisher
- Interscience Communications Ltd
- conference name
- Fire and Materials 2011
- conference location
- San Francisco, United States
- conference dates
- 2011-01-31
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84873859858
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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abstract = {{In Sweden, at least one school fire occurs every day. In most cases, arson is the cause of that fire.<br/><br>
The costs for these arson fires are considerable, especially those occurring after school hours. This paper<br/><br>
presents data for typical arson fire scenarios in schools and kindergartens in Sweden. This data will later<br/><br>
be used to evaluate, with regard to cost and benefit, different active and passive fire protection measures<br/><br>
used to prevent or reduce the consequences of arson in schools.<br/><br>
Four typical ignition scenarios have been identified: garbage or flammable liquid beside the façade, a<br/><br>
small vehicle (moped or motorcycle) beside the façade, flammable liquid ignited indoors and burning<br/><br>
fireworks thrown indoors. These scenarios are considered to deviate from the typical design fires that<br/><br>
would be used in a fire safety engineering design. A literature survey has been made of fire data (e.g. heat<br/><br>
release rate and fire growth) for these scenarios and suggestions made for experiments in those cases<br/><br>
where data is scarce. The survey showed that available data is sufficient for all scenarios except fireworks<br/><br>
indoors and an experimental series was therefore conducted to provide data on this particular ignition<br/><br>
scenario. The results of the literature survey and experiments are presented in this paper.}},
author = {{Klason, Lars-Gunnar and Johansson, Nils and Andersson, Petra and Van Hees, Patrick}},
booktitle = {{Fire and Materials Conferance}},
keywords = {{arson; fire; ignition scenarios; schools}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{159--169}},
publisher = {{Interscience Communications Ltd}},
title = {{Design Fires for Fire Protection Engineering of Swedish School Buildings}},
volume = {{1}},
year = {{2011}},
}