FIRE SAFETY IN BUILDINGS

 

Fire safety is a critical precaution that must be taken throughout the lifecycle of buildings, starting from their design. Fire safety, which is of great importance in preventing loss of both life and property, is divided into two: passive fire safety measues and active fire safety measures. The process begins at the design stage of the building; evacuation projects prepared for passive fire safety measures are prepared separately from the architectural project, while fire detection, alarm and extinguishing projects prepared for active fire safety measures are prepared separately from the mechanical project. During the design stages of buildings, detailed regulations must be made on many issues, from the dimensions of fire escapes to the necessity of fire extinguishers.

 

Within the scope of architectural design, fire resistance periods of building elements, reactions of building materials to fire, measures to project the building carrier system, solution suggestions to prevent smoke spread, escape routes, escape stairs, escape route planning criteria should be determined at the design stage and fire evacuation according to all these parameters projects should be drawn.

 

Providing a sufficient number and capacity of exits is the most important element in evacuation plans. Evacuation rautes should consist of safe areas isolated from fire and smoke and created with building materials that have properties that prevent the spread of fire. Illumination of escape routes and directional signs should be such as to help users find direction easily in emergency situations. Fire escapes are vertical exit routes on the escape route. In order for a staircase to be used during evacuation and to be considered an escape staircase, it must first be made fire-proof. The number of escape stairs is determined according to user load calculations on the floors and building height. From the building sections to the corridor, to the vertical exit route, that is, if there is a fire escape in the building, to the fire escape if not to the protected ramp, tunnel, etc. While drawing the evacuation plan up to the last safe exit, furnishing is taken into account and the actual path that the user will pass is calculated.

 

As we see in many natural disasters in our country, correct architectural design and applications in accordance with the regulations are of vital importance. As T-COD Architecture, we hope that the hotel fire disaster in Bolu will not happen again. Get well soon Bolu....