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Effects of Building Fire with Application of Prevention through Design: A Review

Tanmay Bhattacharya*, Sahib Singh Chadha**, Mohd. Jawaid Iqbal***, Bikarama Prasad Yadav****

* Johnson Controls Ltd, Gurugram, Haryana, India.

** Gujarat State Petronet Limited, Gujarat, India.

*** Superior Energy Services Pvt. Limited, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

**** Department of Health, Safety and Environmental Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India.

Periodicity:November - January'2020
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jfet.15.2.15946

Abstract

A comprehensive study of recent findings suggest ways to counter fire and its spread using passive fire protective methods. The current scenario reported in perspective of Indian standpoint published by Fire Security Association of India (FSAI), wherein on an average 20,000 people die every year due to fire driven incidents and as per U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), which states that the total number of reported fire incidents in 2017 alone within U.S. has been 1 million, out of which the confirmed number of deaths were over 3,000 and the damage to property was over $23.0 billion. With continued interest of the Indian government in infrastructure development, key rules such as NBC are being used to implement safe from fire premises; but on due diligence, a gap analysis revealed that there is lack of education among the general masses about the evacuation and extinguishing capacity of a building. This paper is an analysis of several research works on building fire that illustrates the information needed to identify the cause of fire related design attributes. In retrospect, this review gives an overview and brief study for the authors and organizations to access utmost of the information regarding fire safety in buildings, respectively.

Keywords

Building Fire Safety, Fire Prevention in Building, Design of Building Fire, Building Materials for Fire Safety.

How to Cite this Article?

Bhattacharya, T., Chadha, S. S., Iqbal , M. J., and Yadav, B. P. (2020). Effects of Building Fire with Application of Prevention through Design: A Review. i-manager’s Journal on Future Engineering and Technology , 15(2), 48-58. https://doi.org/10.26634/jfet.15.2.15946

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