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Law, M., A basis for the design of fire protection of building structures, The Structural Engineer, January 1983, 61A(5). 

When designing for fire safety in a chemical warehouse, building area fire separations should limit the risk or size of loss by ... 

Fire protection of buildings contracted on design-build basis (with Buildings). 

Xia Lingcao, Zhu Jiang, Liu Wenli 2010, Ideas and Practices of Buildings Fire Design for the Large Terminal Airport, Building Science, 26(ll) 95-99. 

Yuan Baoping, Wu Tao et al 2005. Fire protection design and safe evacuation of airport buildings. Fire Science and Technology, 24 4) 440-442. 

Building fires threaten both life and property in numerous ways. In order to design adequate protective measures, it is first necessary to identify possible threats that building fires present... 

What are four characteristics of buildings that are important in designing for fire safety ... 

Our environment is largely one of organic polymers and these materials burn, whether natural like wool or wood, or synthetic. With improved building design, home fire deaths decreased in USA about one-third between 1980 and 2000 from 5200 to 3420 civilian fire deaths in 2000 were 38% lower than in 1980. Plenty of factors were involved, including much wider use of smoke detectors and greater public awareness about fire prevention. Even though the rate of home fires has fallen, it remains twice that of most European countries and the number of deaths by fires is still about the same. 

Something as basic as a new facility needs to be reviewed carefully to identify hidden hazards— for example, the fire system, security, and environmental issues. This is often overlooked. A design that seems to enhance production of your product and appears to be a marvel to the architect may be a harmful or even fatal management decision. Safety professionals should take a careful look at all design/building plans prior to final approval [2]. 

BSTG design Not applicable -design inherently fire and product resistant Acceptable and good practice for existing plant best practice for new build No upgrade required Ensure product pipe is externally protected against corrosion - coated or wrapped... 

The APIOOO design process was directed at creating a fire protection system that requires no safety claims to be made on fire-fighting fluids at all. This was attempted by careful design of the plant layout into fire areas and zones, such that the equipment in a given fire area could be lost to tire fire without loss of overall plant safety functions. Within the Containment Vessel, additional spatial separation requirements were enforced for redimdant equipment, to make sure safety functions could be obtained in the event of a fire in the containment. This eliminated the requirement for a pumped fire protection system for internal fire hazards except for Beyond Design Basis fire events in the clean side of the Auxihary Building. 

Clearly there is a substantial difference in a fire starting in a confined area such as a building, in comparison to one that starts in the open air and it is this issue that will need to be addressed when designing buildings that minimise smoke and fire spread enabling people to escape safely. 

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