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Façade Fires in Swedish School Buildings

Johansson, Nils LU orcid ; Van Hees, Patrick LU ; Simonson McNamee, Margaret ; Strömgren, Michael and Jansson, Robert (2013) 1st International Seminar for Fire Safety of Facades 9. p.03006-03006
Abstract
Fires outside school buildings caused by arson are a major problem in Sweden. The initial fire source can involve rubbish or other types of combustibles that can be found at or sometimes brought to the school. As the external fire develops the flames will extend along the façade. If the building is a one-story building, which is a common construction in Swedish school buildings, the fire can spread to the attic and further on to the rest of the building.



A large research project was initiated in 2008 by the Swedish Fire Research Board in order to reduce the number and consequences of arson fires in school buildings. In this paper an evaluation of some technical systems that can be used to mitigate consequences of... (More)
Fires outside school buildings caused by arson are a major problem in Sweden. The initial fire source can involve rubbish or other types of combustibles that can be found at or sometimes brought to the school. As the external fire develops the flames will extend along the façade. If the building is a one-story building, which is a common construction in Swedish school buildings, the fire can spread to the attic and further on to the rest of the building.



A large research project was initiated in 2008 by the Swedish Fire Research Board in order to reduce the number and consequences of arson fires in school buildings. In this paper an evaluation of some technical systems that can be used to mitigate consequences of exterior fires is presented. The evaluation includes a literature review, experimental studies and a cost-benefit analysis. The study showed that some systems have clear cost-benefit advantages for the protection of school buildings in places where a high fire frequency can be expected. (Less)
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keywords
exterior fires, arson, detection, fire growth, cost-benefit
host publication
MATEC web of conferances
editor
Vallerent, S and Florence, C
volume
9
pages
11 pages
publisher
Scientific and Technical Center for Building
conference name
1st International Seminar for Fire Safety of Facades
conference location
Paris, France
conference dates
2013-11-14 - 2013-11-15
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  • wos:000342382500023
  • scopus:84903457012
ISSN
2261-236X
DOI
10.1051/matecconf/20130903006
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English
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  abstract     = {{Fires outside school buildings caused by arson are a major problem in Sweden. The initial fire source can involve rubbish or other types of combustibles that can be found at or sometimes brought to the school. As the external fire develops the flames will extend along the façade. If the building is a one-story building, which is a common construction in Swedish school buildings, the fire can spread to the attic and further on to the rest of the building. <br/><br>
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A large research project was initiated in 2008 by the Swedish Fire Research Board in order to reduce the number and consequences of arson fires in school buildings. In this paper an evaluation of some technical systems that can be used to mitigate consequences of exterior fires is presented. The evaluation includes a literature review, experimental studies and a cost-benefit analysis. The study showed that some systems have clear cost-benefit advantages for the protection of school buildings in places where a high fire frequency can be expected.}},
  author       = {{Johansson, Nils and Van Hees, Patrick and Simonson McNamee, Margaret and Strömgren, Michael and Jansson, Robert}},
  booktitle    = {{MATEC web of conferances}},
  editor       = {{Vallerent, S and Florence, C}},
  issn         = {{2261-236X}},
  keywords     = {{exterior fires; arson; detection; fire growth; cost-benefit}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{03006--03006}},
  publisher    = {{Scientific and Technical Center for Building}},
  title        = {{Façade Fires in Swedish School Buildings}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/3657112/4153606.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1051/matecconf/20130903006}},
  volume       = {{9}},
  year         = {{2013}},
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