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http://dx.doi.org/10.21022/IJHRB.2018.7.4.265

A Review on Fire Safety Engineering: Key Issues for High-Rise Buildings  

Li, Guo-Qiang (State Key Laboratory for Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering, Tongji University)
Zhang, Chao (Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology)
Jiang, Jian (Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology)
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International Journal of High-Rise Buildings / v.7, no.4, 2018 , pp. 265-285 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper presents a state-of-the-art review on the design, research and education aspects of fire safety engineering (FSE) with a particular concern on high-rise buildings. FSE finds its root after Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD, followed by Great London Fire in 1666. The development of modern FSE is continuously driven by industry revolution, insurance community and government regulations. Now FSE has become a unique engineering discipline and is moving towards performance-based design since 1990s. The performance-based fire safety design (PBFSD) involves identification of fire safety goals, design objectives, establishment of performance criteria, and selection of proper solutions for fire safety. The determination of fire scenarios and design fires have now become major contents for PBFSD. To experience a rapid and positive evolution in design and research consistent with other engineering disciplines, it is important for fire safety engineering as a profession to set up a special educational system to deliver the next-generation fire safety engineers. High-rise buildings have their unique fire safety issues such as rapid fire and smoke spread, extended evacuation time, longer fire duration, mixed occupancies, etc., bringing more difficulties in ensuring life safety and protection of property and environment. A list of recommendations is proposed to improve the fire safety of high-rise buildings. In addition, some source information for specific knowledge and information on FSE is provided in Appendix.
Keywords
review; fire safety engineering; high-rise buildings; performance-based design; recommendation;
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