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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2016.30.5.144

Study of the Fire Risk of Occupants During Pilotis Space Fires  

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.)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.30, no.5, 2016 , pp. 144-150 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Fire; Pilotis; FDS; FES;
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