Fire Safety Engineering: Performance-based Design Solution

This study pack describes the principles of fire safety engineering and performance-based fire safety solutions. It considers the fire safety design process to be adopted for complex buildings. After studying this pack, you should be able to:

• Understand the principles of fire safety engineering and performance-based fire safety solutions, including the recommended format for applying these principles to a building design.
• Appreciate the importance of undertaking a qualitative design review (QDR).
• Be aware of how fire and smoke can develop and spread throughout a building.Understand the potential advantages and disadvantages of various fire safety systems, including fire detection and suppression systems.
• Appreciate the importance of understanding evacuation times for a building and the methods of protecting the routes of escape in the event of fire.

AUTHOR: Peter Stephenson BEng (Hons) MIFireE

Price: £59.00 (includes postage and packaging)

Satisfies up to 10 hours CPD

Study paper, Question paper and model answers

Study paper updated 2010

ISBN 13: 978-1904388715