- Author
- Benichou, N. | Kashef, A. | Torvi, D. A. | Hadjisophocleous, G. V. | Reid, I.
- Title
- FIERAsystem: A Fire Risk Assessment Model for Light Industrial Building Fire Safety Evaluation.
- Coporate
- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Report
- IRC-RR-120, November 2002, 32 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/rr120
- Keywords
- fire risk assessment | industrial buildings | building fires | fire safety | evaluation | computer models | smoke movement | fire detection | fire departments | occupants | human behavior | life hazards | death | hazard anaylsis | risk analysis
- Identifiers
- Fire Evaluation and Risk Assessment system
- Abstract
- As Canada and other countries move from prescriptive-based building codes to performance/objective-based codes, new design tools are needed to aid in demonstrating that compliance with these new codes has been achieved. One such tool is the computer model FiRECAMT, 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). FiRECAMT 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.