Overview

This course will cover the issue of high rise residential buildings and the risks they pose. There has been a number of high profile cases of fires in high rise residential buildings which have resulted in significant loss of life. This course will look at the contributory factors that make these buildings such a high rise including the effects of wind, terrain, height of building and the stack effect. It will also consider the issue of evacuating these occupancies along with some case studies. The issue of false alarms is covered and methods of reducing the impact this can have on the occupants. Preventing the fire spread by appropriate fire stopping is covered as the issue of fixed suppresssion.

Overview

This course covers the following topics:

• Why do they pose such risks?
• Smoke spread through a building
• Fire doors
• Contributory factors
• Wind effects
• Wind direction
• Terrain
• Height of building
• Stack effect
• Protecting escape routes
• Fire service access
• High density of occupants
• Compartmentation
• Evacuating the building
• Case studies
• False alarms – The hush button
• Passive protection
• Sprinklers
• Residents fire safety
• RRFSO

Duration – 45 minutes

Cost to view seminar £20