Brandteknisk riskvärdering av Gekås Ullared AB
(2012) In BTR VBR054 20121Division of Fire Safety Engineering
Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety
- Abstract
- In order to examine the evacuation conditions in the case of fire at Gekås Ullared AB, a fire safety evaluation has been conducted. Gekås is Scandinavia’s largest department store with 4,5 million visitors a year. Three different scenarios were analyzed and simulated in the programs FDS and Simulex. The time to critical conditions were compared with the total evacuation time to see if the requirements for fire safety were fulfilled. The conclusion is that some important measures have to be taken at Gekås Ullared AB to secure safe evacuation conditions. Measures that shall be taken are as follows:
- The evacuation alarm shall start when two detectors activates.
- Optical alarms shall be installed in restrooms.
- One door, BD1, shall be... (More) - In order to examine the evacuation conditions in the case of fire at Gekås Ullared AB, a fire safety evaluation has been conducted. Gekås is Scandinavia’s largest department store with 4,5 million visitors a year. Three different scenarios were analyzed and simulated in the programs FDS and Simulex. The time to critical conditions were compared with the total evacuation time to see if the requirements for fire safety were fulfilled. The conclusion is that some important measures have to be taken at Gekås Ullared AB to secure safe evacuation conditions. Measures that shall be taken are as follows:
- The evacuation alarm shall start when two detectors activates.
- Optical alarms shall be installed in restrooms.
- One door, BD1, shall be restored and fitted with push bars.
- One door, BD35, shall be replaced with a door opening in the escape direction and
fitted with push bars.
- Emergency exits where people with disabilities can evacuate shall be marked.
- An investigation shall be done to address the problem with the large amount of
flammable goods. (Less)
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- author
- Cesar, Frida ; Johansson, Joachim ; Tari, Helena and Tolonen, Robin
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Fire Safety Evaluation of Gekås Ullared AB
- course
- VBR054 20121
- year
- 2012
- type
- L3 - Miscellaneous, Projetcs etc.
- subject
- keywords
- Brandteknisk riskvärdering, BTR, brandscenario, kritiska förhållanden, utrymningstid, Gekås Ullared AB, varuhus, brandlarm, rökfyllnad, FDS, Simulex.
- publication/series
- BTR
- report number
- 9422
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 3052097
- date added to LUP
- 2012-09-12 12:58:09
- date last changed
- 2014-03-10 10:40:43
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abstract = {{In order to examine the evacuation conditions in the case of fire at Gekås Ullared AB, a fire safety evaluation has been conducted. Gekås is Scandinavia’s largest department store with 4,5 million visitors a year. Three different scenarios were analyzed and simulated in the programs FDS and Simulex. The time to critical conditions were compared with the total evacuation time to see if the requirements for fire safety were fulfilled. The conclusion is that some important measures have to be taken at Gekås Ullared AB to secure safe evacuation conditions. Measures that shall be taken are as follows:
- The evacuation alarm shall start when two detectors activates.
- Optical alarms shall be installed in restrooms.
- One door, BD1, shall be restored and fitted with push bars.
- One door, BD35, shall be replaced with a door opening in the escape direction and
fitted with push bars.
- Emergency exits where people with disabilities can evacuate shall be marked.
- An investigation shall be done to address the problem with the large amount of
flammable goods.}},
author = {{Cesar, Frida and Johansson, Joachim and Tari, Helena and Tolonen, Robin}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
series = {{BTR}},
title = {{Brandteknisk riskvärdering av Gekås Ullared AB}},
year = {{2012}},
}