- Author
- Raboud, D. W. | Benichou, N. | Kashef, A. | Proulx, G. | Hadjisophocleous, G.
- Title
- FIERAsystem Occupant Response (OCRM) and Occupant Evacuation (OEVM) Models Theory Report.
- Coporate
- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Report
- IRC Research Report No. 100; Research Report RR 100, May 2002, 20 p.
- Distribution
- FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: National Research Council of Canada, Institute for Research in Construction, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Telephone (613) 993-2607, Fax: (613) 952-7673, Email: Irc.Client-Services@nrc.ca Website: http://irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/fulltext/nrcc44511/ [FULL DOCUMENT IN PDF]: http://irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/fulltext/rr100/
- Keywords
- occupant response | occupants | evacuation | building codes | performance based codes | computer models | fire detection | evacuation time
- Identifiers
- Fire Evaluation and Risk Assessment system; Occupant Response Model (OCRM); Occupant Evacuation Model (OEVM); fire states are the times of occurrence of important events during the development of a fire; occupants classifications; probability of direct perception of fire cues (PDP); interpretation levels and corresponding response delay times; probability of calling fire department and activating pullbar; probability of warning other occupants; detection device delay levels; reliabilities and delay levels of detection devices; detection device activation times standard deviations
- Abstract
- As Canada and other countries move from prescriptive-based building codes to performance/objective-based codes, new design tools are needed to demonstrate that compliance with these new codes has been achieved. One such tool is the computer model FiRECAM, which has been developed over the past decade by the Fire Risk Management Program of the Institute for Research in Construction at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). FiRECAM is a computer model for evaluating fire protection systems in residential and office buildings that can be used to compare the expected safety and cost of candidate fire protection options. To evaluate fire protection systems in light industrial buildings, a new computer model is being developed. This model, whose current focus is aircraft hangars and warehouses, is based on a framework that allows designers to establish objectives, select fire scenarios that may occur in the building and evaluate the impact of each of the selected scenarios on life safety, property protection and business interruption. The new computer model is called FIERAsystem, which stands for Fire Evaluation and Risk Assessment system. FIERAsystem uses time-dependent deterministic and probabilistic models to evaluate the impact of selected fire scenarios on life, property and business interruption.