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Study of the Fire Risk of Occupants During Pilotis Space Fires

필로티 공간의 화재 시 재실자의 위험성에 관한 연구

  • Choi, Seung-Bok (Dept. of Fire Investigation Team of Gyeonggibukbu Provincial Police Agency) ;
  • Choi, Doo-Chan (Korea Fire Protection Hanbang UBIS Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Choi, Don-Mook (Dept. of Building Equipment System & Fire Protection Eng. Gachon Univ.)
  • 최승복 (경기북부지방경찰청 과학수사계) ;
  • 최두찬 (한방유비스(주)) ;
  • 최돈묵 (가천대학교 설비.소방공학과)
  • Received : 2016.09.27
  • Accepted : 2016.10.12
  • Published : 2016.10.31

Abstract

An apartment house with a pilotis that raises the architectural volume and provides a space for circulation is becoming popular. With the popularity of pilotis in apartment houses, people also have a keen interest in the potential fire risk at the pilotis. As residents can only access their apartment house through the pilotis, there is a risk to the occupants if there is fire there. Therefore, this study evaluated the pilotis fire cases of urban multifamily housing to conduct a Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) and Fire Evacuation Simulation (FES). Through these two simulation methods, it is possible to validate the riskiness of fire at an apartment with a pilotis. The study identified that the toxic gases and flame spread out to the pilotis within hundred seconds after ignition. In addition, the toxic gases and flame also reach the second floor within three seconds and the entire building within 735 seconds if the entrance doors at the pilotis are opened. On the other hand, the FES simulation results showed that it also takes about approximately 609 seconds to excavate from the apartment house with a pilotis. Therefore, this research shows that an apartment house with a pilotis can ensure the building occupants' lives and their safety if there is fire.

필로티 구조의 공동주택이 증가하면서 필로티 화재에 대한 관심 또한 높아 졌다. 필로티 구조는 이곳을 통해야만 출입이 가능한 구조이기 때문에 이곳에서 화재가 발생하면 재실 자가 건물 내부에 갇혀 많은 인명피해가 예상된다. 본 연구는 필로티 구조의 도시형생활주택에서 발생한 화재사건 사례를 바탕으로 필로티에서 화재가 발생하면 얼마나 위험한지를 화재시뮬레이션(FDS)과 피난시뮬레이션을 통해 이를 입증하였다. 그 결과 화재 발생 100 s만에 필로티 전체로 유독가스와 화염이 확산되었고, 출입문이 개방되면 3 s만에 2층 계단으로 유독가스가 확산되었고, 건물 전체로 확산되는데 걸리는 시간은 불과 735 s였고, 피난시뮬레이션 결과 재실 자가 모두 대피하는데 걸린 시간은 609 s였다. 그 결과 현 실정에 따른 필로티 건물은 화재 발생 시 재실자의 안전을 확보할 수 없었다.

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