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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Développement d'une méthode de modélisation pour l'évaluation de la performance de stratégies de sécurité incendie / Development of a modeling method for evaluating fire safety strategy performance

Muller, Anne 08 December 2010 (has links)
Aujourd'hui en France, l'évaluation de la performance de stratégies de sécurité à déployer pour mettre un bâtiment en sécurité vis-à-vis de l'incendie repose sur une étude d'ingénierie en sécurité incendie. Cette étude a pour objectif l'estimation du risque incendie pour différentes stratégies, et pour des scénarios d'incendies jugés pertinents. Pour parvenir à cette estimation, le Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment français (CSTB) a mis au point un outil de simulation appelé SCHEMA-SI. Cet outil utilise des réseaux de Petri prédicat-transition différentiels orientés objets et des simulations de Monte Carlo pour générer de multiples scénarios d'incendie. Ces scénarios sont ensuite utilisés pour évaluer le risque incendie encouru avec une stratégie de sécurité. La stratégie est alors jugée d'autant plus performante que le risque incendie est faible. L'objectif de la thèse consiste à contribuer au développement d'une méthode d'analyse de risque incendie utilisant l'outil de simulation SCHEMA-SI. La réflexion a débuté par la définition de ce que devrait être cette méthode. A ce stade, il est apparu que l'une des difficultés que la méthode doit surmonter est celle de la mise en donnés du problème par un groupe d'acteurs impliqués dans la sécurité incendie du bâtiment étudié. Pour résoudre cette difficulté, une méthode de modélisation spécifique a été construite. Cette méthode, baptisée ISI-Systema, repose sur deux fondements principaux : d'une part, un langage graphique de modélisation permettant au groupe d'acteurs de réfléchir à la mise en données du problème en s'appuyant sur une approche systémique ; d'autre part, une démarche de traduction des modèles graphiques obtenus avec le langage systémique en réseaux de Petri compatibles avec SCHEMA-SI.Enfin, une application pratique de cette méthode de modélisation est proposée. / Nowadays in France, building fire safety strategy performance analysis relies on a fire engineering study. This kind of study aims at calculating fire risk for several strategies and for fire scenarios judged as relevant. In order to achieve risk calculation, the French Scientific and technical Building Center (CSTB) has developed a simulation tool called SCHEMA-SI. This tool is based on object-oriented differentiai predicate-transition Petri nets and on Monte Carlo simulations and is built to generate a large number of fire scenarios. Obtained scenarios are hence used to evaluate fire risk related to the strategy to evaluate. The lower the fire risk is obtained, the more efficient the strategy is considered. This thesis aims at contributing to the development of a SCHEMA-SI based fire risk assessment method. This thesis starts by a definition of what this method should be. At this stage, it appears that one of the difficulties to overcome is the one of the problem definition by a group of fire safety concerned people. In arder to solve this difficulty, a modeling method has been developed. This method, so-called ISI-Systema, relies on two main basements: in on hand, on a graphic modeling language created to allow a group of people to think about the problem definition by using a systemic approach ; on the other hand, on a SCHEMA-SI compatible Petri net - graphic model translation procedure. At last, a case study is proposed.
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Clothing flammability and skin burn injury in normal and micro-gravity

Cavanagh, Jane M. 30 August 2004
As space exploration has advanced, time spent in space has increased. With the building of the International Space Station and plans for exploration missions to the Moon and Mars, astronauts will be staying in space for longer periods of time. With these increased stays in space comes an increase in fire safety concerns. One area of fire safety interest is flammability. While current flammability test procedures are in place, they are all performed on the ground and may not be representative of flammability in microgravity. In addition to this, limited research into the severity of skin burn injury in a microgravity environment has been performed. <p>An apparatus was designed to be flown on a low gravity parabolic aircraft flight to assess the flammability of cotton and 50% cotton/50% polyester fabrics and the resulting skin burn injury that would occur if these fabrics were to ignite. The apparatus, modelled after a Canadian General Standards Board standard flammability test, was also used on the ground for experiments in 1-g. Variables examined in the tests include gravity level, fabric type, air gap size, oxygen concentration, apparatus orientation, ignition source, and method used to secure the specimen. Flame spread rates, heat fluxes, and skin burn predictions determined from test results were compared. <p>Results from test in 1-g indicated that the orientation of the apparatus had a large effect on flame spread rate, heat flux and predicted skin burn times. Flame spread rates and heat fluxes were highest when the fabric was held in the vertical orientation, which resulted in the lowest predicted times to produce skin burns. Flame spread rates and heat fluxes were considerably lower in microgravity than in 1-g, which resulted in higher predicted times to produce skin burns.
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Clothing flammability and skin burn injury in normal and micro-gravity

Cavanagh, Jane M. 30 August 2004 (has links)
As space exploration has advanced, time spent in space has increased. With the building of the International Space Station and plans for exploration missions to the Moon and Mars, astronauts will be staying in space for longer periods of time. With these increased stays in space comes an increase in fire safety concerns. One area of fire safety interest is flammability. While current flammability test procedures are in place, they are all performed on the ground and may not be representative of flammability in microgravity. In addition to this, limited research into the severity of skin burn injury in a microgravity environment has been performed. <p>An apparatus was designed to be flown on a low gravity parabolic aircraft flight to assess the flammability of cotton and 50% cotton/50% polyester fabrics and the resulting skin burn injury that would occur if these fabrics were to ignite. The apparatus, modelled after a Canadian General Standards Board standard flammability test, was also used on the ground for experiments in 1-g. Variables examined in the tests include gravity level, fabric type, air gap size, oxygen concentration, apparatus orientation, ignition source, and method used to secure the specimen. Flame spread rates, heat fluxes, and skin burn predictions determined from test results were compared. <p>Results from test in 1-g indicated that the orientation of the apparatus had a large effect on flame spread rate, heat flux and predicted skin burn times. Flame spread rates and heat fluxes were highest when the fabric was held in the vertical orientation, which resulted in the lowest predicted times to produce skin burns. Flame spread rates and heat fluxes were considerably lower in microgravity than in 1-g, which resulted in higher predicted times to produce skin burns.
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3D CFD Simulation Analysis and Experimental Investigation of the Performance-based Smoke Management System Designs of a Building with Large Space

Yeh, Tsung-Chyn 08 August 2006 (has links)
The existing local fire code ¡§Standard for Installation of Fire Protection Facilities in Classified Areas¡¨ is prescriptive in nature and suitable for buildings, which can be well compartmented. It also described the minimum requirement for specific system designs such as fire and smoke compartmentation, mechanical smoke extraction rate, etc. on item 188. In this reserch, the concourse level encountered large spaces and is the vital part for passengers¡¦ movement, either under normal condition or in emergency cases. Therefore, a performance-based fire engineering design has been exercised which is also allowed in local fire code subject to approval from the authorities having jurisdiction. First, a comparative study of the code compliances should be addressed, with the alternative design options supported by 3D CFD simulation. The FDS (Fire Dynamic Simulation) program was utilized for this reserch for 3D CFD simulation. It is developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of U.S.. FDS is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of fire-driven fluid flow. The software solves numerically a form of the Navier-Stokes equations appropriate for thermally-driven flow with an emphasis on smoke and heat transport from fires. Secondly, it is decided that a full-scale hot smoke test should be conducted to validate the smoke management system performances under the as-built conditions. It can be summarized that, following the NFPA 92B N-percentage Criteria, both test 1 and test 2 results indicated that the hot smoke tests are successful, in validating that a sufficient smoke clear height can be maintained for safe evacuation should a 5 MW t-squared fast fire occurred at the concourse level. Finally, following the NFPA 130 and NFPA 92B as the design guides, the performance-based fire safety engineering design conducted in concourse level, is successful through 3D CFD simulations and full-scale hot smoke test. A smoke¡Vfree escape route can be maintained for a period of time much longer than needed for the worst case fire scenario which warrants a safe evacuation in case of a 5 MW fire occurred on concourse level.
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Cellplastisolering i fasader : Kan kostnadseffektivitet och brandsäkerhet kombineras?

Lindholm, Lars January 2015 (has links)
From a fire perspective EPS insulation has characteristics that makes it inflammable and can cause fast fire spread which is aggravating for the fire and rescue services. Reports from fire and rescue operations related to both EPS insulation and construction sites of buildings, show that fires most often are related to faults in protecting combustible materials during hot works such as welding. A case study was performed with the purpose to investigate flaws during handling and installation of EPS insulation at four construction sites. The project consisted of field studies with interviews with respective site managers and a supplier of façade systems. Interviews were also conducted with the fire and rescue services to obtain a deeper understanding for the problems of fire rescue operations during fires with large quantities of EPS insulation and the risks from using combustible insulation in modern building technology. The study showed that fire safety measurements were not taken during handling and installation of EPS insulation in particular. EPS insulation was only looked at from an economical perspective which resulted in large quantities of insulation stored at the construction sites and in scaffolds prior to installation. It was concluded that handling and installation of EPS insulation was inadequate from a construction site fire safety point of view. Furthermore irregularities and lack of thoroughly made inspections of insulation of façade installations show that there are a lot of uncertainty regarding the fire safety of a façade with combustible insulation. Suggestions to limit fires in combustible insulations, increase quality of the construction of facades as well as raise awareness of fire hazards during planning and construction of buildings were made.
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Wind-induced natural ventilation of the refuge floor of a high-rise building in Hong Kong

Cheng, Charles Chor Kwan January 2006 (has links)
An important element in the building fire safety of high-rise buildings in Hong Kong since 1996 has been the use of refuge floors in the building's evacuation system. To prevent smoke collecting and remaining in the refuge floors, the Building Code of Hong Kong requires these floors to have openings on opposite sides to provide adequate wind-induced ventilation. Other researchers using CFD simulations without wind tunnel verification have indicated that under certain conditions smoke could still remain on these floors and thereby reducing the fire safety of the refuge floors. This thesis explores these situations and presents a detailed scientific investigation of the wind movement in and around a refuge floor at mid-height of a high-rise building using wind tunnel testing together with CFD simulations (using CFD CFX-5.6 package). Besides identifying problem areas for smoke logging, this thesis also identifies how the design of a refuge floor can be modified to improve its fire safety. A significant factor on the fire safety of a refuge floor is the blocking effect of the building's central core and its effect on the wind-induced ventilation. Under Hong Kong Building Code, the central core can occupy up to 50% of the refuge floor. Previous investigators did not take into consideration the effect of the maximum core size on natural ventilation of the refuge floor. This thesis investigates the worst case scenario for a refuge floor that has a core occupying 50% of the floor and has two solid walls on opposite side of the floor to identify the problem areas where smoke could collect and remain. In exploring the worst case scenario with two parallel solid walls, the investigations revealed that the ceiling height and the wind direction have a significant effect on the wind ventilation of the refuge floor. These factors were not identified by previous investigators. In the case of the ceiling height, it was found that the head height of the refuge floor should be greater than 0.02 times the building height to achieve the desirable wind environment on the refuge floor. Regarding wind directions, the wind from most angles escapes the floor via the channel-like corridors next to the central core of the building. The main problem area occurred when the wind was perpendicular to the solid side walls. This resulted in noticeable stagnant areas where smoke could remain. To validate the CFD method used in the thesis, wind tunnel experiments were performed to provide the scientific field velocity data of wind flowing over the building and in the refuge floor located at mid-height of the building. Earlier researchers of the refuge floor did not have access to wind tunnel data of a refuge floor. In comparing the wind tunnel experiments with the CFD simulations used in the thesis, acceptable agreement was achieved. These results make it possible for a significant reduction in the CFD computational effort that previous studies required. Based on the findings of the investigations undertaken, design recommendations are proposed to improve the fire safety of the refuge floor in multistorey buildings in Hong Kong.
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Safety in case of fire : the effect of changing regulations /

Lundin, Johan, January 2005 (has links) (PDF)
Diss. Lund : Lunds tekniska högskola, 2005.
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Σχεδίαση-αποτύπωση με τη βοήθεια ηλεκτρονικού υπολογιστή (AutoCAD) εγκαταστάσεων πυρασφάλειας και πυρόσβεσης των κτιρίων του Συνεδριακού και Πολιτιστικού Κέντρου του Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών

Στεφανίδης, Δημήτριος 03 October 2011 (has links)
Κάθε κτίριο που δημιουργείται είναι απαραίτητο να έχει τη στοιχειώδη προστασία έναντι πυρκαγιάς, πολύ δε περισσότερο όταν αυτό το κτίριο είναι ένας χώρος που μπορεί να φιλοξενήσει εκατοντάδες ανθρώπους καθημερινά σε διάφορες εκδηλώσεις. Σκοπός αυτής της διπλωματικής εργασίας είναι να αποτυπωθούν οι εγκαταστάσεις πυρασφάλειας και πυρόσβεσης του Συνεδριακού & Πολιτιστικού Κέντρου του Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών με το AutoCAD. Στόχος της είναι να διαπιστώσει αν ικανοποιούνται οι κανονισμοί πυρασφάλειας που έχει θέσει το Πυροσβεστικό Σώμα και λειτουργεί σύμφωνα με τους νόμους όσον αφορά τον τομέα της πυροπροστασίας. Η διπλωματική εργασία απευθύνεται σε άτομα που ασχολούνται με την εκπόνηση μελετών πυρασφάλειας, είτε είναι φοιτητές, είτε μηχανικοί, είτε στελέχη του Πυροσβεστικού Σώματος. Στο πρώτο κεφάλαιο γίνεται μια γενική περιγραφή του συστήματος πυρανίχνευσης και αναφέρονται τα είδη των πυρανιχνευτών, καθώς και τα κριτήρια επιλογής τους. Στη συνέχεια, καθορίζεται η μελέτη της παθητικής πυροπροστασίας, δίνονται υπολογισμοί και ανάλογα παραδείγματα. Ακολουθεί η ενεργητική πυροπροστασία, όπου αναφέρονται οι κατηγορίες των πυρκαγιών. Παρουσιάζονται αναλυτικά τα μέσα πυρόσβεσης, όπως και οι βασικότερες απαιτήσεις των Κανονισμών για την ενεργητική πυροπροστασία, ανά είδος κτιρίου. Στο δεύτερο κεφάλαιο παρουσιάζουμε τις μελέτες πυρασφάλειας που έχουν εκπονηθεί για το Συνεδριακό Κέντρο του Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών από την Τεχνική Υπηρεσία του Πανεπιστημίου. Πιο συγκεκριμένα, πρώτα παρουσιάζουμε τη μελέτη ενεργητικής πυροπροστασίας όπως αυτή συντάχθηκε από τον αρμόδιο μηχανικό. Στη συνέχεια υπάρχουν οι τεχνικές περιγραφές, οι οποίες αναφέρονται στα τεχνικά χαρακτηριστικά των στοιχείων πυρασφάλειας και πυρόσβεσης που χρησιμοποιούνται στο Συνεδριακό Κέντρο. Επίσης παρουσιάζεται η μελέτη παθητικής πυροπροστασίας στην οποία περιγράφονται τα πυροδιαμερίσματα του κτιρίου με τους θεωρητικούς πληθυσμούς και τις οδεύσεις διαφυγής. Στο τρίτο κεφάλαιο παρουσιάζονται όλα τα σχέδια των χώρων του Συνεδριακού Κέντρου στα οποία είναι αποτυπωμένα τα στοιχεία πυρασφάλειας και πυρόσβεσης με το πρόγραμμα AutoCAD. Στη συνέχεια εξηγούμε το σκεπτικό με το οποίο έχουν τοποθετηθεί τα στοιχεία της πυρασφάλειας και πυρόσβεσης σε κάθε χώρο, έτσι ώστε να ικανοποιούνται οι κανονισμοί. Παράλληλα ελέγχουμε αν το κτίριο καλύπτει τους κανονισμούς πυρασφάλειας και είναι κατάλληλο για χρήση ή υπάρχουν κάποιες ελλείψεις που πρέπει να αντιμετωπιστούν. Τέλος στο παράρτημα παρουσιάζονται οι κανονισμοί πυρασφάλειας και πυροπροστασίας όπως αυτοί έχουν καθοριστεί από το Πυροσβεστικό Σώμα. Πιο συγκεκριμένα παρουσιάζεται το προεδρικό διάταγμα «Κανονισμός Πυροπροστασίας Κτιρίων (Π.Δ. 71/88)», το οποίο αποτελεί το βασικό διάταγμα σύμφωνα με το οποίο γίνονται όλες οι μελέτες πυροπροστασίας. / Each building that is being built is necessary to have the elementary protection in a case of fire. That is most important if a building can host everyday hundreds of people on several exhibitions. The main purpose of this work is to design the fire safety and fire protection systems of the installations in the Conference and Cultural Center of the University of Patras using the AutoCAD. The purpose of this work is to ascertain if the fire protection regulations instituted by the Fire Brigade are satisfied and the Center is safe on the part of the fire safety system. This work is addressed to people working on fire safety studies, such as students, engineers and members of the Fire Brigade. In the first chapter a fire detection system is described and various types of fire detectors are reported, as well as their choice criteria. Then, passive fire safety study determination is introduced, giving calculations and related examples. The description of energetic fire safety follows, where the categories of fires are reported. The means of firefighting are analytically presented, as well as the basic requirements of Regulations on the energetic fire safety, related to the building type. In the second chapter we present the fire safety studies that have been designed on the Conference and Cultural Center of the University of Patras by the Technical Service of the University. Firstly, we present the energetic fire safety study made by the engineer. Next, we present the technical rules, which report the characteristics of the fire safety elements in the Conference Center. Then, we present the passive fire safety study on which the fire compartments of the building are described, including the design populations and escape ways. In the third chapter all the drawing of the installations in the Conference and Cultural Center of the University of Patras are presented, on which all the fire safety and fire protection elements are designed using the AutoCAD. Then, we explain the reasons of why each element is installed in each room, using the Fire Brigade regulations. We also check if the regulations are accomplished and the building is safe for use or else if there are a few deficiencies to cope with. Finally, in the appendix we present the fire safety and fire protection regulations instituted by the Fire Brigade.
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Análise da eficiência dos sistemas de compartimentação vertical externa por afastamento entre janelas e por projeções horizontais segundo as exigências normativas brasileiras / Analysis of the efficiency of the external vertical compartmentation systems for separation between windows and external horizontal projections according to brazilian’s fire safety codes

Rodrigues, Eduardo Estevam Camargo January 2009 (has links)
Os códigos brasileiros de segurança contra incêndio e pânico (SCIP) possuem inúmeras divergências no que tange aos detalhamentos exigidos para a instalação de diversos sistemas de prevenção e proteção. Dentre eles, existe o sistema estrutural de compartimentação vertical externa, o qual prescreve afastamento vertical entre janelas ou construção de projeções horizontais externas entre as aberturas, para limitação da propagação do fogo aos pavimentos acima consecutivos. Comprovadamente, as normas referenciam a necessidade de resistência ao fogo dos materiais constituintes do sistema, no entanto, não indicam a eficiência ao objetivo proposto, confinar o fogo em seu compartimento de origem ou retardar sua propagação. O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar, sob a ótica da dinâmica de propagação do incêndio, a eficiência do sistema de compartimentação vertical externa por afastamento entre as janelas e por implantação de projeções horizontais como continuidade dos pisos, segundo os detalhamentos exigidos nas normas brasileiras. Para tanto, foram realizados ensaios de campo em escala reduzida (1/3), com diferentes configurações de fachadas e cargas de incêndio, sem vento, utilizando-se termopares, termografia e fotografia. Também, foi utilizado o simulador computacional da dinâmica do incêndio Fire Dynamics Simulator 5, onde foram analisados cenários desenvolvidos conforme as exigências normativas nacionais. Ambos programas experimentais apresentaram dados coerentes, podendo ser potenciais ferramentas para análise da eficiência de outros sistemas. Os resultados confirmaram que a geometria da edificação e das aberturas modificam a dinâmica de propagação do fogo. Para a carga de incêndio classificada como risco baixo, mostraram-se satisfatórias todas as configurações com afastamentos de 3 m e de 1,2 m para aberturas estreitas, bem como as projeções horizontais de 90 cm. Como risco médio, à exceção do afastamento de 3m, com pédireito convencional, os demais não contiveram adequadamente a propagação do fogo Também, para ambas geometrias de abertura, a projeção horizontal externa de 90 cm aperfeiçoou os resultados, retardando o aquecimento consideravelmente. / The Brazilian’s fire safety Codes have much discrepancy about the installation details of the several fire safety systems. The external vertical compartmentation is one of them, which determine vertical separation between windows or placement of external horizontal projections in continuity with floors, to limits the spread of fire toward upper habitations. The fire resistances of the materials constituent these systems are confirmed in the Brazilian’s fire safety Codes. However, there aren’t mentions about the efficiency to restrict the fire in initial compartment or to retard it spread. In this context, the study’s objective is to analyze, in the fire spread dynamic’s view, the efficiency of the external vertical compartmentation systems for separation between windows and external horizontal projections according to the Brazilian’s fire safety Codes. For it, were carried out field tests in reduce-scale compartments (1/3), with different façade settings and loads fire, no wind, using thermocouples, thermography and photography. Also, was used the software Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), 5th version. In the FDS were developed and analyzed fire sceneries, which contemplated all settings of the national standards. Both experimental programs can be potential tools to analysis of the efficiency another fire safety systems, because they showed coherent data’s. The results confirmed that building’s geometry and openings configuration modify the fire spread dynamics. For load fire classified as low risk, all separations between windows with distance 3 m, 1,2 m with square windows and external horizontal projection with length 90 cm showed satisfactory results. For load fire classified as medium risk, the separation between openings didn’t restrain the fire spread, except the arrangement with distance 3m, square windows and lower ceiling. Also, the horizontal projection with 90 cm length showed best results for both window forms, delaying the heating.
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Sistema de gestão da segurança contra incêndio e pânico nas edificações : fundamentação para uma regulamentação nacional / Management system of fire safety in buildings : fundamentation for a national regulation

Rodrigues, Eduardo Estevam Camargo January 2016 (has links)
As leis e regulamentos de segurança contra incêndio e pânico (SCIP) foram construídos ao longo dos anos, incentivados, em sua maioria, por grandes incêndios, os quais mostraram que a evolução tecnológica e a verticalização das cidades aumentaram sobremaneira os riscos à vida dos usuários das edificações, exigindo do poder público e da sociedade técnica e científica o aprimoramento concomitante das medidas, sistemas construtivos e equipamentos que mitigassem tais riscos a níveis aceitáveis. Com o advento de mais uma tragédia recente, o incêndio na casa noturna (boate) Kiss em 2013, no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, iniciaram-se novamente discussões a nível nacional sobre a necessidade de atualização das legislações estaduais, e principalmente sobre a relevância em estabelecer requisitos únicos que garantam a eficiência, eficácia e efetividade da segurança contra incêndios no Brasil. A presente pesquisa teve o objetivo de estudar a viabilidade de elaboração de uma regulamentação técnica nacional, transformando-se em um instrumento motivador através da fundamentação teórica acerca das responsabilidades da gestão pública em proporcionar a segurança contra incêndio aos cidadãos, bem como pela apresentação de uma visão sistêmica da SCIP, necessária para a sua evolução técnica e científica contínua. Também, foi realizado um estudo comparativo entre todas as regulamentações técnicas brasileiras, priorizando os requisitos de classificação das edificações, exigências das medidas de segurança contra incêndio e pânico e detalhamentos técnicos requeridos para os principais sistemas de proteção, conjuntamente com a verificação da percepção dos gestores técnicos da SCIP nas edificações do Brasil, por meio de entrevista aplicada, sobre a relevância e a viabilidade de implantação de uma regulamentação técnica nacional. Com base no estudo comparativo, concluiu-se que apesar das discrepâncias encontradas, os regulamentos possuem fundamentações semelhantes que possibilitam a elaboração de uma redação única no país, por meio de um trabalho conjunto e sistematizado, com todos os setores envolvidos e com os gestores da regulamentação, os quais expressaram representativamente a intenção de padronização nacional. / The Fire Safety Regulations have been built over the years, encouraged mostly by large fires, which showed that the technological evolution and the verticalization of cities greatly increased the risks to the lives of the users of the buildings, requiring concomitant improvement of measures from the government and the technical and scientific society, as well as building systems and equipment to mitigate these risks to acceptable levels. With the advent of a recent tragedy, the fire at the nightclub Kiss in 2013 in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, discussions have begun again, at national level on the need for updating state laws, and especially on the relevance in establishing unique requirements to ensure the efficiency, efficacy and effectiveness of fire safety in Brazil. This research aimed to study the feasibility of developing a national technical regulation, becoming a motivational tool by the theoretical foundation about the responsibilities of public administration in providing fire safety to citizens, as well as the presentation of a systemic view of fire safety in buildings (FSIB) necessary for their ongoing technical and scientific developments. Also, we conducted a comparative study of all Brazilian technical regulations, giving priority to the classification requirements of buildings, requirements of safety measures against fire and panic and technical details required for the main protection systems, together with the verification of the perception of FSIB managers of Brazil, through the interview on the relevance and feasibility of implementing a national technical regulations. Based on the comparative study, it was concluded that despite the discrepancies found, the regulated have similar foundations that make possible the establishment of a single redaction in the country, requiring a joint effort of all sectors involved and public technical managers who have shown representatively the intention of national standardization.

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