Façade Fires in Swedish School Buildings
Author
Editor
- S Vallerent
- C Florence
Summary, in English
A large research project was initiated in 2008 by the Swedish Fire Research Board in order to reduce the number and consequences of arson fires in school buildings. In this paper an evaluation of some technical systems that can be used to mitigate consequences of exterior fires is presented. The evaluation includes a literature review, experimental studies and a cost-benefit analysis. The study showed that some systems have clear cost-benefit advantages for the protection of school buildings in places where a high fire frequency can be expected.
Department/s
Publishing year
2013
Language
English
Pages
03006-03006
Publication/Series
MATEC web of conferances
Volume
9
Full text
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Document type
Conference paper
Publisher
Scientific and Technical Center for Building
Topic
- Building Technologies
- Other Civil Engineering
Keywords
- exterior fires
- arson
- detection
- fire growth
- cost-benefit
Conference name
1st International Seminar for Fire Safety of Facades
Conference date
2013-11-14 - 2013-11-15
Conference place
Paris, France
Status
Published
Research group
- Fire dynamics
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 2261-236X