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http://dx.doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2020.36.12.97

An Analysis of the Fire-fighting Access Routes of the Earl's Court Planning in London - Focused on the Ordinance of the Fire Service Vehicle Access  

Kim, Myungshig (Land and Housing Institute (LHI))
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Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea / v.36, no.12, 2020 , pp. 97-105 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze the British fire-fighting laws and the fire-fighting plans for access to fire vehicles at Earl's Court in London. The research method is carried out in order as follows along with the main content. First, it reviews the laws and regulations related to fire-fighting road in the UK, compared with Korea, and then summarizes them. Secondly, the summary is set up the analysis frame for Earl's Court analysis and then based on this analysis item, the fire vehicle access route plan of Earl's Court is analyzed. The results of the study are as follows: first of all, Building Regulations and Building Regulations 2010, Statutory Guidance 2019 (Fire safety: Approved Document B) are related the provisions of fire-fighting roads in the UK. They are equipped in detail, and show the detailed accesses and road regulations according to each type of fire truck, access methods that vary depending on the type or size of buildings, and securing access roads for fire trucks. On the one hand, these points show the matters for which Korea's fire road regulations should be improved. Secondly, Earl's Court's analysis shows that the height and width plan of the building is made in cross section as well as the overall road leveling plan and the road itself, while keeping the fire road rules. The analysis of fire-fighting laws and the analysis of fire-fighting road planning by Earl's Court is more dense than Korean fire-fighting road laws.
Keywords
Fire-fighting road; Fire-fighting Appliance; Block Plan of Urban Regeneration; Earl's Court;
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