Preliminary Discussion on Performance-based Assessment of Fire Fighting for Buildings
Mei Xiu-juan · Zhongguo anquan kexue xuebao · 2005
Performance-based design of fire fighting for buildings is paid more and more attention globally due to its flexibility, scientific and economic pro perty, and effectiveness, and is being applied by many countries. The performanc e-base assessment as the core link in performance-based design is directly cor re lated with the existence of the performance-based design protocol. How to proce e d the performance-based assessment, how to evaluate and validate the performanc e -based design protocol, and how to set relevant evaluation procedure of fire fi g hting safety are issues worthy to be probed into. The relationship between perfo rmance-based assessment and performance-based design is analyzed in-depth fro m p oint of views of the merits and importance of performance-based design, and fro m the effect and necessity of performance-based assessment. The steps, procedure , accreditation criteria and quantifying indexes of performance-based assessment of fire fighting for buildings are also discussed. Three models generally used b y other countries on the world for assessing fire risk are compared and analyzed in detail. Some important precautions need to be noticed during performance-ba sed assessment are suggested.