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Evacuation Plans: From a Posted Drawing to a Real Drill
Most buildings have an "evacuation plan": a sheet beside the lift with a green arrow and a small drawing. At the first r...
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Fire Safety at Masterplan Stage: Access, Water and Separation
At masterplan stage the roads, the plots and the infrastructure networks are drawn before any building is designed. At t...
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Egress Modeling and RSET: How Evacuation Time Is Calculated
On every project, the question behind a life safety study is simple to state: can everyone in the building reach a place...
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Performance-Based Fire Safety Design in Saudi Arabia: When You Need It and How It Is Approved
On large and complex projects, such as shopping malls, airports, towers, atrium buildings and large warehouses, the arch...
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High-Rise Buildings: Phased Evacuation and Stair Pressurization
In a three-storey building, full evacuation is a reasonable choice. In a forty-storey tower, sending every occupant into...
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Hospital Fire Safety: Horizontal Evacuation, Not Emptying the Building
In most buildings, full evacuation is the answer. In a hospital, full evacuation can kill more patients than the fire. A...
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Warehouse Fire Protection: Why a Standard Design Fails High Storage
A warehouse is one of the hardest buildings to protect, because the hazard is not the building — it is what sits inside...
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Fire and Life Safety Strategy in Saudi Arabia
Fire safety in modern developments is no longer limited to installing fire alarm devices or providing firefighting equip...
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