Fire Safety Strategies to Reduce Mortality in Dwellings Occupied by Elderly People: The Spanish Case

Fernández-Vigil, M.; Rodríguez, B. Gil; Trueba, Juan Bautista Echeverría

doi:10.1007/s10694-020-00972-4

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“…In addition, recent studies into the fire data in Spain have shown that statistics may not be very accurate, especially for vulnerable populations [58,59]. This points to a shortcoming in the necessary evidence based for good risk-informed decision-making.…”

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“…The achievement of an acceptable level of fire safety within the building requires the structure to be safe for each of these aspects. However, as reflected in fires such as the Windsor Building, analysis by Osácar [14], and data presented by Fernández-Vigil and Echeverría [58,59], there are questions as to whether an "acceptable" level of fire risk is achieved.…”

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Evaluation of the Legal Framework for Building Fire Safety Regulations in Spain

Osácar¹,

Trueba

Meacham

2021

Buildings

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There is a trend in Europe towards increasing the quality and performance of regulations. At the same time, regulatory failure has been observed in the area of building fire safety regulation in England and elsewhere. As a result, an analysis of the appropriateness of fire safety regulations in Spain is warranted, with the objective being to assess whether a suitable level of fire safety is currently being delivered. Three basic elements must be considered in such analysis: the legal and regulatory framework, the level of fire risk/safety of buildings that is expected and the level which actually results, and a suitable method of analysis. The focus of this paper is creating a legal and regulatory framework, in particular with respect to fire safety in buildings. Components of an ”ideal” building regulatory framework to adequately control fire risk are presented, the existing building regulatory framework is summarized, and an analysis of the gaps between the ideal and the existing systems is presented. It is concluded that the gaps between the ideal and the existing framework are significant, and that the current fire safety regulations are not appropriate for assuring delivery of the intended level of fire risk mitigation.

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Evaluation of the Legal Framework for Building Fire Safety Regulations in Spain

Osácar¹,

Trueba

Meacham

2021

Buildings

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“…This is where the issue of smoke and fire curtains and insulation comes in (Figure 3). Smoke has been shown to tend to be more dangerous than the fire itself [12], in several cases, as a result of its oxygen depletion and invasiveness in the process of inhalation, which can prevent trapped building occupants from escaping to safety. Please The smoke and fire curtains are specified to be made from a heat-resistant fabric [13], used in the case of industrial or commercial buildings mostly.…”

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Enhancing Effective Fire Safety in Buildings Using Design

Idris¹,

Yahaya²,

Muhammad³

2021

JSETM

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Achieving optimum design solutions, with regards to fire and fire safety conditions, is an uncompromisable endeavour. As such, considering the destruction that has been occurring if treated lightly, every architectural design must consciously and constantly bear in mind, the goal of avoiding such disaster. Resting on this premise, this paper aimed at identifying major design approaches that need to be adopted to achieve optimum fire safety in buildings, right from the design stage. The paper adopted a narrative literature review approach to identify grounded design considerations related to fire and fire safety. One of the findings was that a design must be carried out with the conscious intention to provide a high level of safety affordances to occupants of buildings and their properties in case of fire outbreaks. Much of the affordances should be related to smoke, which tends to be more dangerous than the fire itself. The paper is highly significant for any architectural design since it seemed to avoid the likely destruction of everything and everyone that a person has possessed or has ever loved.

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