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Risk assessment for Fire Egress in Institutional Occupancy Buildings

Simran Grover, Kuldeep Kumar

Abstract


Fire safety in hospitals is a challenge as it caters to the most vulnerable population. In case of fire
emergencies special requirements must be met while evacuating such people. Hospital fire
incidents in India have claimed many lives over years and has resulted in damage to properties.
In the current era with an increasing number of fire incidents, and with an increase in the scale
and the complexity of the buildings and structures the, the safe egress of the occupants and
evacuation has become very important and can be regarded as the major source of fatality in the
fire accidents in the buildings either due to occupants being trapped because of the non-
compliance of the building standards prevailing and appropriate for the state or region or due to
the negligence of the facility managers and project managers in installation and maintaining the
Fire prevention system in both active and passive category specific to the components of the
egress. This situation is further aggravated in the hospital buildings due to the existence of
vulnerable patients, the presence of potentially dangerous substances and the need for constant
assistance for the evacuees. The aim of the paper is to assess the potential fire risk, judge their
probabilities, and arrive at the Fire risk factor of fire egress in Institutional occupancy buildings
(Healthcare sector).


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijlpa.v8i2.965

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