Façade Fires in Swedish School Buildings
(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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- author
- Johansson, Nils LU ; Van Hees, Patrick LU ; Simonson McNamee, Margaret ; Strömgren, Michael and Jansson, Robert
- organization
- publishing date
- 2013
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- 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
- external identifiers
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- wos:000342382500023
- scopus:84903457012
- ISSN
- 2261-236X
- DOI
- 10.1051/matecconf/20130903006
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- f9d90e6c-ae6d-4fb4-b686-ff941a0d2b7f (old id 4153596)
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- 2016-04-01 13:54:01
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