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This report contains an evaluation of the personal safety in case of fire at the shopping centre Veddesta Köpcentrum. Three different fire scenarios and design fires are chosen to represent the worst case scenarios likely to occur in the building. Time until critical conditions in each scenario is determined by using the computer program CFAST and hand calculations. This time is then compared to t
This report is a fire safety evaluation of the Manilla school in Stockholm and is written upon request by The National Property Board. The Manilla school is an elementary school for children and youths with sense impairments, such as hearing and sight disorders. The project is initialized by a visit at the school where class-instructors and the schools security manager participates. The project is
This report is a fire safety evaluation of Norrköping shopping mall Domino and the report focus on evacuation and human safety. During a visit in Norrköping three different scenarios were found based on an analysis of consequences. The scenarios have been evaluated and simulated in for example CFast, Simulex and DetactT2. Different parameters as for example smoke filling and temperature rise have
This report is a part of the educational programme of Fire Protection Engineering at Lund University. The purpose of the report is to evaluate the fire safety of Vadstena Castle from an egress perspective. Thus the structural stability or property damage is not taken into consideration. Vadstena Castle is a tourist attraction that can host a large amount of people during special events. The approa
This report is written as a part of the course VBR054 which is given at the Fire Engeneering Programme at Lund University. The purpose is to evaluate the safety regarding evacuation due to fire at Wisby Strand Congress & Event, located in the medieval part of Visby, Sweden. Wisby Strand is a newly built congress center with the capacity to hold events for up to 1000 persons. Two separate visit
This report is a fire safety evaluation of Helsingborg municipal theatre, Sweden. The theatre is a building mainly in 5 floors, but up to 9 floors above the main scene. The purpose with the report is to evaluate the safety to theatres 600 guests during an evacuation in case of fire. Structural damage and economic loss is not taken into account. Three scenarios that represent critical fires, most l
This report is a fire safety evaluation of ward 326 and 327 at Queen Silvia Children’s Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden. The patients at the ward are in many cases not able to evacuate without aid and are going to need assistance by staff in an emergency situation. To investigate if the fire safety is satisfactory, three fire scenarios have been analyzed with computer programmes and evaluated. It tu
The purpose of this report is to evaluate the fire safety of Tekniska nämndhuset in Huddinge. The focus of the report is on the safety of people during evacuation in case of fire. Property and environmental damage has not been taken into consideration. Tekniska nämndhuset is an office building accommodating several administrations within Huddinge municipality, there is no co-operation regarding fi
This report is an evaluation of the personal safety at two orthopedic wards at Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge, Sweden. No considerations have been taken to material or economic damage. Computer models have been used to simulate three scenarios. CFast have been used to simulate smoke movement, smoke layer temperature, toxicity and visibility. A computer program called Escape and rescue
This report is written as a part of the educational programme Fire Protection Engineering at Lunds University. The purpose of the report is to evaluate the fire safety of Skövde Cultural Centre. Focus lies on evacuation and human safety and therefore structural stability and property damage have not been considered. The Cultural Centre is a large building that houses varying activities. Due to lac
This report is a fire safety evaluation of Hässleholm Kulturhus and focuses on the public safety within the building and not on the damage of the property. The building involves many different activities like dental care, cinemas, theatres, restaurants, the city library and a tourist office. The purpose was to evaluate the public safety in case of a fire and the aim was to find defects in the exis
This report is a part of the course fire safety evaluation at Lund Univeristy and constitutes an evaluation of the security from a human safety point of view in case of fire at Kvarnbergsskolan on Värmdö. A visit to the school has been made, where the premises were documented and the existing fire protection was studied. Demarcations were done, and then the worst plausible fire scenarios were asse
This report contains an evaluation of occupant safety if a fire would occur in Ejendals Arena, home arena for Leksands IF. The fire scenarios that are considered to be dimensioning to the evacuation situation are: display case fire at a trade fair in the main entrance stage fire at a concert in the arena storage fire in the enclosure Inlastningen Calculations and simulations are carried out to det
The purpose of this report is to evaluate the evacuation safety of Idrottens Hus in Helsingborg. The report is part of the educational programme of Fire Protection Engineering at Lund University. Idrottens Hus is a large sports center in downtown Helsingborg, Sweden. A number of likely fire scenarios were evaluated. For each scenario a design fire was created. The design fires were simulated in CF
This report is a fire safety evaluation of Hötorgshallen in Stockholm. In order to assess the human safety in the building the authors have analyzed three different fire scenarios with respect to fire development and human egress. The results show that human safety cannot be guaranteed in case of fire and measures must be taken to assure that safe evacuation can be achieved before critical conditi
This report is a part of the mandatory course “Fire Safety Evaluation” given by the Department of Fire Safety Engineering and Systems Safety at Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden. The report aims to give an evaluation of the personal safety on Slagthuset in Malmö in case of fire, only taking human hazards into consideration. The procedure is to compare the time to egress with the time to critica
This report is a fire safety evaluation of Folkets Hus in Gislaved, Sweden. Its given purpose is to focus on the human safety and evacuation possibilities before critical conditions can emerge. The building offers a wide range of activities mainly including cinema and theater performances, conferences and gathering opportunities. To inves-tigate if the fire safety is of a satisfactory level, three
This report aims to present a fire safety evaluation of Ward 043, Children & Youth, at Centralsjukhuset in Kristianstad. Based upon information acquired during a visit to the hospital on February the 8th, 2010, a number of analyses were carried out to assess the current fire safety. Fire- and evacuation simulations, along-side an index-method were the most important tools used in the evaluatio
This report is a fire safety evaluation of Societetshuset on Marstrand. Its purpose is to focus on the human safety and evacuation possibilities. Societetshuset is mainly a restaurant, nightclub and a conference center, some nights there can be as much as 700 guests hosted in the building. Two scenarios have been analyzed through computer modeling and hand calculations, and the results were that t
This report has arisen due to lack of fire protection in the upper secondary school Västerhöjdgymnasiet in Skövde, Sweden. The report analyzes demands on personal safety when evacuating the building based on applicable laws and regulations; no emphasis has been taken regarding economic losses. The goal is to achieve a satisfactory evacuation in case of fire. The chosen acceptance criterion is that
