| Author: | Chan, Wai-lam |
| Title: | A study on the means of escape design for buildings in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
| Degree: | M.Sc. |
| Year: | 2000 |
| Subject: | Fire escapes -- China -- Hong Kong Tall buildings -- China -- Hong Kong -- Fire prevention Skyscrapers -- China -- Hong Kong -- Fire prevention Hong Kong Polytechnic University -- Dissertations |
| Department: | Multi-disciplinary Studies Department of Building Services Engineering |
| Pages: | xi, 81, [40] leaves : ill. ; 30 cm |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | In the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), high-rise buildings were very common. Subsequent to several big fires occurred recently, fire safety for high-rise buildings became a major concern to the public. In existing buildings, evacuation system is one of the measures for providing life safety. Therefore, an effective evacuation system is the major concern of the government officers in approving the design, building designers to construct the buildings, and the people using the building. On the other hand, an efficient and effective fire-fighting and rescue operation by firemen and the fire resisting construction would also affect the evacuation process. In this dissertation, evacuation system design in existing building was studied. The HKSAR's local regulations on Means of Escape (MoE) code, Fire Resisting Construction (FRC) code, Fire Services Installations (FSI) code and the Means of Access (MoA) code for firemen in a building were reviewed. Problems encountered on applying the MoE code to the high-rise buildings in the HKSAR was discussed. Typical floor of a Harmony Block was used to illustrate the concept of existing evacuation design. Furthermore, possibilities of implementing Engineering Performance-Based Fire Code to improve the fire safety provisions were discussed. |
| Rights: | All rights reserved |
| Access: | restricted access |
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