Title: Fire risk assessment in buildings using fire protection software

Authors: Dušan Gavanski; Azra Korjenic; Verica Milanko

Addresses: Higher Education Technical School of Professional Studies, Skolska 1, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia ' Research Centre of Building Physics and Sound Protection, Institute for Building Construction and Technology, Vienna University of Technology, Karlsplatz 13/206-2, 1040 Vienna, Austria ' Higher Education Technical School of Professional Studies, Skolska 1, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

Abstract: In this investigation, we developed a methodology for inclusion of fire protection and used a methodological approach for fire risk assessment. Present practice of fire risk assessment and prevention measures in the Republic of Serbia is not systematic. To develop a methodological approach of fire risk assessment, a modified matrix for fire risk factors was set up that combines the implementation of modified Delphi and checklist methods into a risk matrix based on the Allgemeine Unfall Versicherungs Anstalt and Berufs Genossenschaften methods. An efficient and rapid fire risk assessment was enabled by the application of our fire protection project solution software of SAFOFP. The results of the investigation were validated by the concrete timber warehouse case study. This fire risk assessment method is applicable to other branches of industry as well as other places aside from Republic of Serbia where the study was conducted.

Keywords: fire protection software; fire risk assessment; safety; concrete timber warehouses; fire risk factors; building fires.

DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2013.054375

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, 2013 Vol.17 No.1, pp.1 - 18

Received: 21 May 2012
Accepted: 22 Oct 2012
Published online: 19 Jul 2014 *

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