- Author
- Thor, J.
- Title
- Industrial Buildings: Fire Losses and Appropriate Fire Protective Measures.
- Coporate
- Swedish Institute of Steel Construction, Stockholm, Sweden
- Book or Conf
- C.C.E. C.E.C. K.E.G. Fire-Safe Steel Construction: Practical Design. Working Document. April 11-12, 1984, Luxembourg, M/1-4 p., 1984
- Keywords
- industrial buildings
- Abstract
- The total number of fires in Sweden per year has been estimated to be in the order of 30,000. Only a small number of these fires (a few hundred) became so called large fires, defined as fires with a total loss of at least SEK 300,000 ($50,000 U.S.). However, these few fires account for the majority of the total fire loss. Moreover most of these large fires are industrial fires. An estimation has shown that industrial fires account for about two thirds or more of the total fire loss. In rough terms, the same proportion may probably be expected in most industrial countries.