ENGR403 - Fire Engineering Exam - Anthony Abu notes

ENGR403 - Fire
Engineering Exam -
Anthony Abu notes
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- Allows sufficient time to
escape safely
- Allows Fire Service personnel
3 Provisions
enough time to rescue people
for Structural
& fight fire
Fire Safety
- Prevents (or limits) structural
collapse and damage to
adjacent property

- Contain fire
Structural Fire
- Limit fire and smoke spread
Safety Goals
- Prevent structural collapse

, - Stability (R) --> Stops
Fire
structural collapse
resistance
- Integrity (E) --> Stops fire and
criteria + what
smoke spread
each criteria
- Insulation (I) --> Stops fire
prevents
and smoke spread

Minimum fire resistance
Fire
required of primary and
resistance
secondary elements as
rating (FRR)
determined in the standard
definition
test for fire resistance

FRR to be applied to elements
of construction that allows
Life rating
movement of people from
definition
their location in a building to a
safe place

Property FRR to be applied to elements
rating of construction that allows for
definition protection of other property

Fire The ability of a structure to
resistance resist collapse
definition

Fire severity The destructive impact of fire
definition

Structural fire - Time
design - - Temperature
design - Strength
domains