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000002478 046__ $$k2014-07-22
000002478 100__ $$aChow, W. K.
000002478 24500 $$aFire safety requirements on opening heritage buildings to public access

000002478 24630 $$n4.$$pProceedings of the 4th International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development
000002478 260__ $$bGreen Lines Institute for Sustainable Development, Barcelos, Portugal
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000002478 520__ $$2eng$$aIn opening heritage buildings for public access, fire safety is an important issue. Most of the old buildings would not have adequate fire safety provisions expected by the new practices. The means of escape for visitors, means of access for firefighters and fire resistance construction requirement are all not adequate. No fire codes are worked out specifically for heritage buildings in many places of the world including Hong Kong. Performance-based design (PBD) or Fire Engineering Approach (FEA) is adopted to determine fire safety provisions. However, many flawed concepts were applied in fire hazard assessment involving heritage buildings. For example, only smoke spread is considered for small wooden buildings. Fire spread over burning wood surface was not included. In this presentation, fire safety requirements for heritage buildings in Hong Kong will be reviewed. Problems and many mistakes made in PBD-FEA will be discussed. The occupational safety and health effect on firemen should be taken into consideration. As it is difficult to upgrade both passive and active fire protection, appropriate fire safety management should be worked out carefully.

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000002478 7112_ $$a4th International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development$$cGuimarães (Pt)$$d2014-07-22 / 2014-07-25$$gHERITAGE 2014
000002478 720__ $$aChow, W. K.
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             Original version of the author's contribution as presented on CD, , page 889.
            
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