Fire &Smoke Control in Buildings

 

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Task – 1 (35 Marks)
Choose any fire incident in a building , of your choice, that happened in the past and
write a case study keeping the following points in mind.
a) All possible details of the fire incident in the building mentioning introduction to
fire scenario, causes that led to the severe consequences etc.
b) The flaws/problems associated with means of escape. Also explain how
egress measures / evacuation concepts, if implemented, could have reduced
the severity of the fire incident
Task – 2 (20 Marks)
FED has become a useful tool in combustion toxicology for the calculation of
lethal toxic potencies from product analysis data.
Assume that in a reconstructed fire incident by a team Forensic Consultants
and Engineers has recorded the following toxic products for 30 minutes [table
1] exposure. You have to choose any four toxic concentration from the table.
Use the following formula
and calculate the FED and determine whether the fire victim is exposed to FED LC50
or not.
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Table of primary fire gas toxicities
Formula Gas Assumed
(ppmv)
30 min
CO2 carbon dioxide 50,000
C2H4O acetaldehyde 25,000
C2H4O2 acetic acid 5,000
NH3 ammonia 12,000
HCl hydrogen chloride 6,700
CO carbon monoxide 1,000
HBr hydrogen bromide 1,000
NO nitric oxide 3,500
COS carbonyl sulfide 2,000
H2S hydrogen sulfide 4,000
HF hydrogen fluoride 1,000
C3H4N acrylonitrile 1,000
COF2 carbonyl fluoride 1,750
NO2 nitrogen dioxide 1,500
C3H5O acrolein 22,300
CH2O formaldehyde 2,250
SO2 sulfur dioxide 2,450
HCN hydrogen cyanide 1,355
C9H6O2N2 toluene diisocyanate 2,100
COCl2 phosgene 908
C4F8 perfluoroisobutylene 65
Table 1
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Task – 3 ( 30 marks)
See the below picture, Assume a fire incident happened in an atrium similar to this.
Ref: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Debis-Haus.Berlin.Atrium.jpg/ accessed April 2016
a) Comment on principles of smoke movement in the atrium.
b) Also suggest smoke management measures in the atrium.
Note:-
 Students should get approval from module tutor in advance on the selected
fire incident.
 Approximate word count for the report – 3000 words
 The report must be written in the proper format
 Your report should provide necessary citations and references. Referencing
should be in Harvard Referencing System. Cross referencing is to be followed.
Failing to which mark will be deducted accordingly.
 Collusion and plagiarism will be dealt seriously as per university rules.
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Marking Distribution
Task Description Marks
Task 1
a) Introduction – Fire incident
10
b) Emergency escape criteria – flaws
Em
ergency escape criteria – Suggestions
25
Task 2
FED calculation and result analysis 20
Task 3
a) Smoke movement principles 15
b) Smoke management measures 15
Overall Presentation 10
Reference 05
Total 100