The article describes the fire protection concept for the four-masted steel barque Passat, which has been moored in the Priwall Harbour in Lübeck-Travemünde (Germany) since 1960. The ship is not legally considered to be a structural facility – yet cannot be handled in accordance with the normal regulations for maritime navigation because it is used in a fixed location. Accordingly, the planning work required lots of safety goal-oriented special solutions.

The establishment of operational fire safety regulations at GLOBALFOUNDRIES in Dresden, a provider of manufacturing and technology services for semiconductor products, represented a challenge due to the large cleanroom area of around 52,000 m². This article focuses on the permissible particle emissions which represent the framework conditions for designing all processes for the maintenance and inspection of the fire protection facilities.

The architect Thomas Ziegler from Munich reports on the latest developments and challenges in the area of fire protection in school construction. He also discusses the new construction of a high school that is the first school in Munich to follow a concept of open learning environments.

The networking of technical safety systems with one another and with building technology delivers numerous advantages above all in large buildings and industrial complexes. However, it also brings with it significant risks. Until uniformly applicable standards and regulations exist, planners and installers should implement networked solutions with the greatest of care.

Fabric fire protection solutions offer effective protection against the uncontrolled spread of fire and smoke. At the same time, they enable a great degree of flexibility in their installation and design – not least because of the range of available variants which has now grown more and more diverse. 

In order to achieve the highest level of safety in a tunnel, potential dangers need to be identified as early as possible. Integrated technical solutions assist in this process: Video and radar systems combined with fire protection and evacuation systems guarantee the seamless detection of incidents and a rapid reaction. A leading example of a well-protected tunnel is the recently opened Gotthard Base Tunnel in the Alpes.

When it comes to fire prevention, Preferred Freezer Services, a US provider of frozen goods logistics for the food industry, focuses on risk minimization rather than loss adjustment. The fire prevention system installed in Preferred Freezer Services’ freezer facility lowers the air’s oxygen concentration in the warehouse under the concentration that fire needs to break out.

This article describes the applications and impact of Building Information Modelling (BIM) with special focus on passive and active fire protection as well as firefighting.

The pressures that led to the proliferation of dangerous industrial buildings in Bangladesh are present in developing countries around the world. During the past three years, Arup Fire has worked with a number of different clients to address fire safety issues from different perspectives, assisting different clients and action groups at surveying factories for Fire safety within a government initiative in Bangladesh.