- Author
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Nelson, H. E.
- Title
- Firesafety Evaluation System for Health Care Facilities.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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Symposium-Workshop Report 5,
- Book or Conf
- National Academy of Sciences. New Approaches to Evaluating Firesafety in Buildings. Symposium-Workshop Report 5. September 20-21, 1978,
Washington, DC,
57-76 p.,
1980
- Keywords
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fire safety
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health care facilities
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life safety
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building codes
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evaluation
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building design
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fire safety evaluation system
- Abstract
- The ideal goal of life safety and firesafety design is to prevent all fire deaths, injuries, and losses under all imaginable circumstances. Practically, however, society can neither forestall all loss of life nor spend limitlessly to avert loss of life caused by fire. Building codes are designed to provide a minimum acceptable level of life safety at a cost that society is able and willing to support.