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Building design and the fire hazard

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40001770
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  1. National Research Council of Canada
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SubjectFire; fire hazards; architectural design; fire safety; fire spread; smoke controls; building codes; building design; fire protection; fire safety; building codes
Abstract
Building codes cover only the minimum requirements for fire safety and leave ample room for the expertise and conscience of the building designer. Providing life safety starts with securing conditions under which sufficient time is left for the occupants to escape from an incipient fire. It also involves measures that reduce the probability of exposure of the occupants to smoke and ensure their evacuation from the fire-stricken area. The safety of both life and property is served by ensuring the structural integrity of all key elements of the building even in spreading fires, but at the same time employing all available techniques to confine the fire to its place of origin.
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PublisherNational Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research
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  • Paper (National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research), no. DBR-P-805 (1977).
NoteReprinted from: Wood Fiber, v. 9, no. 2, Summer 1977, p. 127-144. ISSN: 0043-7654
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
NRC numberNRCC 17038
NRC-IRC-1515
NPARC number20379015
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