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Spontaneous Interventions in Residential Fires
Previous research on the effectiveness of the emergency services has shown that ordinary citizens often play an important role when it comes to detecting crises and alerting or assisting with evacuation …
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Design rules for battery fire safety in dwellings
The introduction of batteries in homes brings new risks of fire and toxic gases. A thorough understanding of these risks through experimental studies and simulations is necessary to develop effective measures and design guidelines …
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Trust and risk: The role and relationship of the individual and civil society in fire prevention work
The fire damage prevention work is structured as a collaboration between various social actors, individuals and local and civil societies. A prerequisite for successful cooperation is that the various actors carry out their fair share – and that there is trust that the other actors will carry out theirs …
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Older unclassified doors in fire compartment boundary
The requirement in the building regulations for fire-rated apartment doors came in 1960, for 15 minutes of fire. When inspecting apartment buildings built in 1940-1959, SÄRF relatively often encounters original doors to the apartments …
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Perceived Research Needs for Batteri and Hydrogen Safety – A Nordic Perspective.
Changes in the energy landscape relating both to the ambitions of a green energy transformation as well as increasing global security concerns, have led to increased attention to new energy carriers …
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Biobaserade byggnadsmaterial – en kunskapsöversikt om brandtekniska egenskaper
Inom byggbranschen pågår flera arbeten med att på olika sätt minska klimatpåverkan vid upprättande av nya byggnader såväl som vid ombyggnation, och flera incitament har instiftats för att beakta och påverka koldioxidpåverkan, som t.ex. krav på klimatdeklarationer samt EU-taxonomin …
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Evaluation of existing refuge areas
Safe refuge areas have been included in the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building andPlanning’s building regulations since 2011 as an evacuation solution for persons with reducedmobility when it is not possible to evacuate to a safe place from a public space …
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Operational experience from sprinkler installations in churches and other culturally and historically valuable buildings
Since the beginning of the 2000s, sprinklers have been installed in a large number of Swedish churches andother culturally and historically valuable buildings. “Sprinkler” here refers to both traditional sprinkler systems and more modern water mist systems …
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The Duration of Heating Phase (DHP) concept – Literature summary and Roadmap
The Duration of Heating Phase (DHP) concept is the path forward to include in a pragmatic manner the importance of the cooling phase of structural elements in fire safety engineering. This concept is a complementary measure to the standard fire resistance where elements are classified based on testing according to fire resistance standards …
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Limiting fire spread in large floor plan compartment with visible timber
The number of tall buildings combining both a visible mass timber structure and large open floor plans is growing rapidly introducing new fire safety challenges. One risk is that of very rapid flame spread in the ceiling, originating from a severe but localized fire, resulting in fires where the majority of large compartments burn simultaneously …
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Sustainable management of construction waste – reuse of fire-classified products step 2
The construction sector is of great importance to Sweden and the Swedish economy, with an annual turnover of just over SEK 1,000 billion and employment of approximately 550,000 people. Indeed, the built environment makes up about half of the national wealth …
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