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Performance Analysis and Improvement of National Fire Safety Code elements of Sprinkler System  

Oh, Taekhum (Department of Disaster Science, University of Seoul)
Lee, Jungil (Seoul Jung-bu Fire Station)
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Journal of the Society of Disaster Information / v.9, no.4, 2013 , pp. 413-422 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study evaluated the fire safety code elements through analyze the loss of life when the fire occurred in the facility sprinklers installed evaluated. And through comparison with national fire safety code elements and standards of NFPA 13 in the United States, Was looking for ways to improve for Life and property damage. In the United States, in some cases, if you do not install the sprinkler are installed as per the fire death rate compared to 83 % lower. By contrast, If the domestic rate of 280 % fatalities were 3.37 times than the United States. This lack of fire performance were analyzed uniform occupancy classification, the amount of source of water supply, live not consider the density according to the standard number and the horizontal distance that causes the installation of sprinkler facilities were analyzed.
Keywords
sprinkler; performance of National Fire Safety Code; occupancy classification; source of water supply; the standard number and horizontal distance;
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