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Afsa Fire Protection Consultancy

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Fire protection engineers must be involved in all aspects of the design in order to ensure a reasonable degree of protection of human life from fire and the products of combustion as well as to reduce the potential loss from fire. Issues to address in developing a successful fire protection design usually include following;

 

Design Team

It is most important that the project delivery team include a Fire Protection Engineer with adequate experience and knowledge in fire protection and life safety design. The Fire Protection Engineer should be involved in all phases of design, from planning to occupancy.

 

Design Standards and Criteria (i.e., Building Code, IBC, EN 12845, 54, 13501 or NFPA 13, 72, 101, 5000... etc.)

 

Generally the goals of an fire protection engineers are;

 

(1) Prevention of ignition
(2) Detection of fire
(3) Control of fire development
(4) Confinement of the effects of fire
(5) Extinguishment of fire
(6) Provision of refuge or evacuation facilities, or both
(7) Staff reaction
(8) Provision of fire safety information to occupants

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AFSA Fire Safety Engineering Services include;

 

  • Passive fire protection - Architectural design, fire and smoke barriers, space separation, compartmentation

 

  • Active fire protection - fire suppression systems, sprinkler, fire hydranten

 

  • Fire detection - fire alarm systems and brigade call systems

 

  • Smoke control and management

 

  • Escape facilities- Emergency exits, Fire lifts etc.

 

  • Building design, layout, and space planning

 

  • Fire prevention programs, Fire protection management and periodic inspection

 

  • Fire dynamics and fire modeling for industrial facilities by calculating and designing with fire loads

 

  • Human behavior during fire events

 

  • Risk analysis, including local risk

 

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Site Requirements

Fire department access, 

Separation

Distances

 

Fire department access

Firefighters to locate and enter an area quickly.

Rapid access to various features such as fire depart-ment connections (FDCs), hose valves, elevators and stairs, annunciators, key boxes, etc.

Access of fire apparatus into and around the building 

Fire station

 

Architectural Requirements, 

Construction Type I to V(NFPA 5000)

Allowable Height  and Area

Exposures/separation requirements (Fire walls)

Fire ratings, materials, Class I-III,  

Occupancy types

Exterior & Roof Construction

Interior finish

Load bearing walls

Exit stairway enclosure
 

Egress Requirements, 

Exit stairway remoteness

Exit discharge

Areas of refuge

Accessible exits

Doors

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