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1 Principles of Fire Risk Assessment in Buildings David Yung 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ISBN: Principles of Fire Risk Assessment in Buildings
2 Principles of Fire Risk Assessment in Buildings David Yung Yung & Associates Inc., Toronto, Canada A John Wiley and Sons, Ltd, Publication
3 This edition first published John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Registered office John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, United Kingdom For details of our global editorial offices, for customer services and for information about how to apply for permission to reuse the copyright material in this book please see our website at The right of the author to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher. Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Designations used by companies to distinguish their products are often claimed as trademarks. All brand names and product names used in this book are trade names, service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The publisher is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold on the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering professional services. If professional advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Disclaimer Neither the author nor John Wiley & Sons Ltd accept any responsibility or liability for loss or damage occasioned to any person or property through using the materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained herein, or acting or refraining from acting as a result of such use. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Yung, David Tin Lam. Principles of fire risk assessment in buildings / David Tin Lam Yung. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN (cloth) ISBN (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Fire risk assessment. I. Title. TH Y dc A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN: (Hbk) (Pbk) Typeset in 10.5/13 Sabon by Laserwords Private Limited, Chennai, India Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ International, Padstow, Cornwall
4 Contents About the Authors Preface Acknowledgments List of Symbols ix xi xiii xv 1 Introduction 1 PART I Simple Approach to Fire Risk Assessment 5 2 What is Fire Risk Assessment? Overview What is Fire Risk Assessment? Summary Review Questions 16 References 16 3 Fire Risk Assessment Based on Past Fire Experience Overview Based on Past Fire Experience Based on Fire Incident Data Summary Review Questions 30 References 30
5 vi Contents 4 Qualitative Fire Risk Assessment Overview Risk Matrix Checklist Method Event-Tree Method Summary Review Questions 47 References 47 5 Quantitative Fire Risk Assessment Overview Risk Indexing Checklist Method Event-Tree Method Summary Review Questions 61 References 62 PART II Fundamental Approach to Fire Risk Assessment 63 6 Fundamental Approach to Fire Risk Assessment 65 7 Fire Growth Scenarios Overview Compartment Fire Characteristics Fire Model Input and Output Parameters Design Fires Automatic Fire Suppression to Control Fire Growth Summary Review Questions 92 References 93 8 Fire Spread Probabilities Overview Fire Resistant Construction Probability of Failure Fire Spread Probabilities Summary Review Questions 111 References 112
6 Contents vii 9 Smoke Spread Scenarios Overview Smoke Spread Characteristics and Modelling Smoke Control Systems to Clear Smoke in Evacuation Routes Summary Review Questions 130 References Occupant Evacuation Scenarios Overview Occupant Evacuation Characteristics and Modelling Occupant Safety Measures to Expedite Occupant Response and Evacuation Summary Review Questions 157 References Fire Department Response Overview Fire Department Response Time and Resources Occupant Fatality and Property Loss Modelling Fire Protection Measures to Provide Effective Occupant Rescue and Fire Extinguishment Efforts Summary Review Questions 184 References Uncertainty Considerations Overview What Are the Uncertainties? Treatment of Uncertainty Summary Review Questions 200 References Fire Risk Management Overview Fire Risk Management Alternative Fire Safety Designs 206
7 viii Contents 13.4 Impact of Inspection and Maintenance on System Reliability Impact of Evacuation Drills on Early Occupant Response and Evacuation Summary Review Questions 222 References 222 Index 225
8 About the Author The author is currently the President of his own consulting company, Yung & Associates Inc. He has worked in fire research and fire risk assessment for over 20 years. From 2002 to 2006, he was Research Leader of Fire Science at the Australian national research organization CSIRO in Sydney, Australia. Before that, he was a Senior Research Officer and Group Leader of Fire Risk Assessment for 17 years at the National Research Council Canada (NRCC) in Ottawa. He led a team that developed one of the world s comprehensive fire risk-cost assessment models, called FiRECAM. Before joining the fire research group at NRCC in 1985, he spent seven years at the Argonne National Laboratory in the USA, and three years at the Chalk River Nuclear Laboratory and NRCC, conducting nuclear and solar energy research. The author s work is mentioned in the book History of Fire Protection Engineering, published in 2003 by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) in the USA. He is a member of the NFPA Technical Committee on Fire Risk Assessment Methods. In September 2003, he was given the Hats Off award by SFPE for his service as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Fire Protection Engineering. In May 2001, he was elected a Fellow of the SFPE for his achievement in fire protection engineering. He has over 100 publications in fire, nuclear and solar energy, and desalination and water purification. He serves on the editorial boards of three major international fire journals and is the past Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Fire Protection Engineering.
9 x About the Author He holds a B.Eng. from McGill University, an M.A.Sc. from the University of Toronto, and a Ph.D. from MIT, all in mechanical engineering. In addition, he is a licensed professional engineer in the Province of Ontario, Canada and a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
10 Preface The concept for this book originated in late 2001 when John Wiley & Sons Inc. approached me with a proposal to write a book on fire risk assessment. At that time, I was a Senior Research Officer at the National Research Council Canada (NRCC) and had conducted research on fire risk assessment for 15 years. I was happy to accept the challenge to write a book based on my observations and research findings on fire risk assessment over the years. Shortly after agreeing to write the book, I accepted an invitation from CSIRO in Australia to lead their fire science group. Working in a new organization and living in a new country, however, did not permit me much time to work on a book hence, it wasn t until I returned to Canada in 2006 that writing began in earnest. My involvement in fire risk research was preceded by a number of years in energy research. I had spent time at the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago working on thermal hydraulic issues related to nuclear reactor safety, and heat transfer issues related to Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion in Hawaii. I also spent time at the Chalk River Nuclear Laboratory working on heat transfer issues related to the Canadian CANDU reactor; and later at NRCC conducting research in solar energy. The cessation of government funding for energy research in 1985 resulted in a career change to fire research, in particular fire risk assessment research. My interest in fire risk assessment research was influenced by two individuals. The first was Professor Vaughn Beck of the Victoria University of Technology in Australia who spent time on sabbatical at NRCC in early His great enthusiasm for the development of computer-based fire risk assessment models was contagious. The second was Ken Richardson who was, at that time, the Associate Head of National Fire Laboratory at
11 xii Preface NRCC. He saw the need for fire risk assessment models and encouraged me to lead research in that area. As a result, I formed a team at NRCC to conduct research and to develop fire risk assessment models. The team collaborated successfully with Professor Beck s Australian team throughout the 1990s. The NRCC team had been strengthened by the addition of two prominent researchers: Dr George Hadjisophocleous and Dr Guylene Proulx, both of whom made significant contributions to the development of fire risk assessment models at NRCC. Many of the concepts described in this book were developed by the NRCC and the Victoria University of Technology researchers throughout that period and I am grateful for all of their contributions. This book has been prepared as a reference source for fire safety professionals working in the fire risk assessment field. It is also intended as a textbook for university students in fire protection engineering. It is my hope that it will serve both fields well. David Yung Toronto, Canada
12 Acknowledgments The author would like to express his sincere thanks to the SFPE Educational & Scientific Foundation and the PLC Foundation in the USA for providing generous funding support to this work. The author would also like to thank Mr Doug Brandes and Dr Dave Evans of the SFPE Educational & Scientific Foundation and Mr Ken Dungan of the PLC Foundation for their encouragement and support of this work. The author is also indebted to his friend, Dr Yunlong Liu of Sydney Australia, for providing many of the computer model output illustrations.
13 List of Symbols Alphabets A f Floor area of the compartment in Equation 8.2 (m 2 ) A t Total area of internal surfaces in Equation 8.2 (m 2 ) A v Total area of openings in the walls in Equation 8.2 (m 2 ) c p Specific heat (J kg 1 K 1 ) C Consequence C l Negative coefficient on the leeward side in Equation 9.7 C w Positive coefficient on the windward side in Equation 9.7 CC Capital cost ($) D Optical Density (m 1 ) or crowd density (persons m 2 ) e f Fuel load density in Equation 8.1 (MJ m 2 ) EFC Expected fire cost ($) ERL Expected risk to life (deaths) F Occupant flow rate per unit width of the evacuation route (persons s 1 m 1 ) FID Fractional incapacitating dose FRR Fire resistance rating (min or hr) g Gravitational acceleration (m s 2 ) H v Height of the openings in Equation 8.2 (m) H c Maximum heat of combustion per unit fuel burned (kj g 1 )
14 xvi List of Symbols H eff Effective heat of combustion per unit fuel burned (kj g 1 ) H rad Flame radiant loss per unit fuel burned (kj g 1 ) k Thermal conductivity (W m 1 K 1 ) or characteristic occupant travel speed (m s 1 ) k c Compartment boundary parameter in Equation 8.1 (min m 2.25 MJ 1 ) K m Specific extinction coefficient (m 2 g 1 ) L Fire load in Equation (min) L w Latent heat of vaporization of water (MW L 1 s 1 ) ṁ Mass flow rate (kg s 1 ) or pyrolysis rate (g s 1 ) MC Maintenance cost ($) OCC TR Number of trapped occupants OF i Occupant fatalities for fire scenario i (deaths) OF NR Additional occupant fatalities as a result of no rescue by firefighters (deaths) OF SS Occupant fatalities as a result of smoke hazard (deaths) p Pressure (N m 2 ) or probability distribution p i Indoor pressure (N m 2 ) p l Wind pressure on the leeward side of a building (N m 2 ) p o Outdoor pressure (N m 2 ) p s Standard pressure at sea level (N m 2 ) p w P DV P FD P FO P FS P i P IG P NF P SC P SM P SP Wind pressure on the windward side of a building (N m 2 ) Probability of success of closing doors and shutting off ventilation systems Probability of ignition developing into a fully-developed fire Probability of flashover fires Probability of fire spread Probability of occurrence of fire scenario i over the design life of the building Probability of ignition Probability of non-flashover fires Probability of success of extracting smoke on the fire floor and pressurizing the floors above and below Probability of smouldering fires Probability of success of pressurizing stairwells and elevator shafts
15 List of Symbols xvii P SS Probability of smoke hazard P EXT Firefighter s extinguishment effectiveness P RES Firefighter s rescue effectiveness P SFO Probability of suppressing flashover fires P SNF Probability of suppressing non-flashover fires P SSM Probability of suppressing smouldering fires PL i Property loss for fire scenario i ($) PIT Probability of incapacitation from temperature PRO Property value ($) P(call) i Probability of calling the fire department at fire State i P(det) i Probability of fire detection at fire state i P(firstcall) i Probability of notifying the fire department for the very first time at fire State i P(occu) i Probability of occupants calling the fire department at fire State i P(FRR) Cumulative probability of probable fires up to FRR in Equation 8.3 P (FRR) Probability of failure of FRR in Equation 8.4 P R [C i ] Reliability of component C i Q c Convective heat loss through the openings (kj) Q Heat release rate (kw) R Fire resistance in Equation (min or hr) R a Specific gas constant for air (N m kg 1 K 1 ) R FO Ratio of firefighter s intervention time to the flashover time RFL W Required water flow rate to absorb the heat release rate of the fire (L s 1 ) S Occupant travel speed (m s 1 ), or design safety margin in Equation (min) t Time (s) t e Equivalent time of the ISO 834 standard fire in Equation 8.1 (min) T a Ambient temperature (K) T g Smoke temperature (K) T i Indoor temperature (K) T o Outdoor temperature (K) u Velocity (m s 1 ) u i Hasofer-Lind transformed parameters in a multi-dimensional standard space V Volume (m 3 )
16 xviii List of Symbols w Ventilation factor in Equation 8.1 (m 0.25 ) x i Controlling parameters in a multi-dimensional space y CO CO yield per unit fuel burned (g/g) y CO2 CO 2 yield per unit fuel burned (g/g) y s Soot yield per unit fuel burned (g/g) z Vertical coordinate (m) Neutral plane height (m) z n Greek Symbols α Fire growth rate coefficient in Equation 7.1 (kw s 2 ) λ i Failure rate of component i (hr 1 ) µ Mean η w Efficiency of water application by firefighters to absorb the heat from a fire ρ Density (kg mg 3 ) ρ a Air density (kg m 3 ) ρ g Smoke density (kg m 3 ) ρ i Indoor air density (kg m 3 ) ρ o Outdoor air density (kg m 3 ) ρ s Smoke mass density in Equation 10.3 (g m 3 ) σ Standard deviation
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