Concepts of Fire Safety Provisions of Means of  Escape andEvacuation Safety Plan in High-Rise Building

Ichiro Hagiwara

doi:10.20965/jdr.2011.p0541

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JDR Vol.6 No.6 pp. 541-550

(2011)

doi: 10.20965/jdr.2011.p0541

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Concepts of Fire Safety Provisions of Means of Escape andEvacuation Safety Plan in High-Rise Building

Ichiro Hagiwara

Department of Fire Engineering, Building Research Institute, 1 Tachihara, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0802, Japan

Received:

July 22, 2011

Accepted:

November 17, 2011

Published:

December 1, 2011

Keywords:

means of egress, life safety, performance based codes

Abstract

The measures on safety of buildings in case of a fire have been stipulated almost as specification document in the building codes for a long time. The standards on fire safety were first prepared to prevent urban great fire, later to alleviate human losses in fire of large-scale building. The standards on fire safety in foreign countries, especially regulations on safe evacuation are outlined, and the concepts of building planning especially for the purpose of securing safe evacuation in high-rise buildings are introduced.

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I. Hagiwara, “Concepts of Fire Safety Provisions of Means of Escape andEvacuation Safety Plan in High-Rise Building,” J. Disaster Res., Vol.6 No.6, pp. 541-550, 2011.

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References

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[1] [1] Building Code of Australia, AUBRCC, 1988.12.

[2] [2] Securite Contre L’Incendie – dons les etablissements recevant du public, Journal Officiel De La Republique Francaise, No.1477-1, 1984 (English language translation).

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