- Author
- Tavares, R. M.
- Title
- Analysis of the Fire Safety Codes in Brazil: Is the Performance-Based Approach the Best Practice?
- Coporate
- OPTSEG-Optimal Safety Engineering, Regent's Park, NW1 3RE, London, England
- Journal
- Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 44, No. 5, 749-755, July 2009
- Keywords
- fire codes | fire safety | performance based codes | fire risks | regulations
- Identifiers
- Brazil; prescriptive codes; fire safety culture; perception of fire risks; main advantages and disadvantages of the prescriptive codes; main advantages and disadvantages of the performance-based codes; criteria for evaluating if the performance-based code are well implemented or not well implemented