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A cost-effective risk-assessment model for evaluating fire safety and protection in Canadian apartment buildings

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40001433
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  1. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
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SubjectRisk/cost assessment; fire spread; cost benefit analysis; safety
Abstract
A description is given of a stochastic system model that was developed to represent the dynamic interaction between human behaviour, and fire growth and spread in multi-storey apartment buildings in Canada. The effects of the smoke and fire spread are calculated in terms of two performance parameters; namely the expected risk to life and the fire- cost expectation. These performance parameters are used to appraise the cost-effective provisions of fire safety and property protection in apartment buildings. The system model can be used to appraise (1) whether existing code provisions provide consistent levels of risk and (2) the cost-effectiveness of both existing code provisions and possible alternative design strategies.
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PublisherNational Research Council of Canada. Institute for Research in Construction
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  • Paper (National Research Council of Canada. Institute for Research in Construction), no. IRC-P-1697.
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  • Beck, V.R., and D. Yung. ‘A Cost-Effective Risk-Assessment Model for Evaluating Fire Safety and Protection in Canadian Apartment Buildings’. Journal of Fire Protection Engineering 2, no. 3 (1 January 1990): 65–74. .
NoteReprinted from: Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, 2(3), 1990, p. 65-74. ISSN: 1042-3915, DOI: 10.1177/104239159000200301
Also Published as: Proceedings of the IFPEI-V International Fire Protection Engineering Institute, An Exchange of the State-of-the-Art in Fire Protection Engineering, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 1989 - Reprinted in NRCC-39021
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
NRC numberNRCC 32367
NRC-IRC-3989
NPARC number20375106
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