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Articles A Successful Fire Protection Concept in a Legal Vacuum

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.

Articles Nordic Fire & Safety Days 2017

The Nordic Fire & Safety Days has grown to the largest conference on Fire and Safety in the Nordic countries. NFSD is an annual event carried out by the Nordic universities and research institutes involved in risk and fire safety.

Articles Research with BIM for Fire Protection

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.

Articles New IP Applications

Alongside video monitoring, data transmission via IP networks is also increasingly finding its way into other areas of safety technology. As well as being more efficient, it also brings with it a series of new opportunities in the fields of multi-sensor technology, remote services and mobile applications.

Articles Careful Networking

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.

Articles Organisational Fire Protection in the Semiconductor Industry

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.

Articles Interview: Fire Protection in School Construction

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.

Articles Fire Prevention in a High-Bay Freezer Warehouse

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.

Articles Fabric Fire Protection for Large Buildings

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. 

Articles Advanced Evacuation Simulations

Evacuation simulations are an advanced option for performance based building design enabling a deeper insight into your buildings crowd capacity: These simulations are capable of highlighting pedestrian traffic bottlenecks and ensuring safe escape routes in case of an emergency.