Risks assessments of non-compliant materials on buildings
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Assessing risk in an emergency and protecting those around is an important focus of this research. Photo: New South Wales Rural Fire Service.
The research was completed through the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC's Tactical Research Fund.
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This project aimed to greatly improve the fire safety of building occupants and of fire fighters. The research team created a database of fire events involving non-compliant building products in Australia and other countries based on a comprehensive survey of significant fire incidents that have occurred.
Assessing the fire safety and non-compliant building products provides an understanding of the potential fire risks being exposed to building occupants and fire fighters and allowed researchers to determine the main types of façade or insulation materials involved and investigate the risk perception and risk tolerance for fire fighters during fire operations.
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| 2019 | Conference Paper | . Safety awareness of firefighters and their perception of fire risks in cladding fires . AFAC19 powered by INTERSCHUTZ - Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC Research Forum (Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience, 2019). at <https://knowledge.aidr.org.au/resources/australian-journal-of-emergency-management-monograph-series/> |
| 2019 | Journal Article | . Fire Risk Assessment of Combustible Exterior Cladding Using a Collective Numerical Database. Fire 2, (2019). |
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| 27 Aug 2019 | Safety awareness of firefighters and their perception of fire risks in cladding fires |
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27 Aug 2019
Recent high-profile building fires involving combustible external cladding in Australia as well as Dubai,...
