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Performance-Based Approach
to Fire Safety Design
• Introduce Concept
• Discuss Elements
– Goals
– Assessments
– Designs
• Example Applications
• Choosing Appropriate Design
• Evaluation of Hazard or Risk based on defined
goals
• Scenario specific
– Fires
– Building
– Occupants
• Hazard‐Consequences
• Risk‐Consequences X Probability
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Define Project Scope
Identify Goals
Define Objectives
Develop
Performance Criteria
Develop Design
Fire Scenarios
Develop Trial Design(s)
Evaluate Trial Design(s)
Select Final Design
Ref: SFPE PBD Guide
Prepare
Documentation
Fire Safety Design
• Based on Fire Risk/Hazard Assessment
Evaluation
• Evaluates specific building or structure
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• Prescriptive code not feasible
• Based on system performance
• Addresses project specific needs
Life Safety:
• Protect occupants not intimate with fire for time needed to evacuate
Building Structure:
• Minimize damage to major structural elements
Building Appearance:
• Minimize impact of strategies on architectural features and openness of
galleries
Facility Operations:
• Minimize undue loss of operations due to fire
• Prevent damage from fire to critical equipment
• Performance Criteria: Maintain visibility of >10 m
• CO / COHb
• Temperature
• Structural Integrity
Egress Time + Safety Factor < Time to
Hazardous Conditions
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• Quantify fire into engineering terms
– Example ‐ typical office fire
– 8,000 kW, fast‐growth rate fire, 15‐minutes
• Range of fire scenarios for different areas
Office F i re 1 - Heat Rel ease Rate
9000
8000
7000
4000 Medium
Fast
3000
2000
1000
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
T i m e (m inutes)
HIGH
MODERATE
Probability
Probability
LOW
Consequence
Consequence
RISK = HAZARD x PROBABILITY
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• Performance‐Based Design
– Different than prescriptive approach
– Use Fire Risk/Hazard Assessment Evaluation
– Numerous factors influence ultimate design