Positive Pressurization and Ventilation for Fighting Fires in High-Rise Structures with Multiple Stairwells

Prabodh Panindre; N. S.Susan Mousavi; Sunil Kumar; John Ceriello

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1107/4/042037

Positive Pressurization and Ventilation for Fighting Fires in High-Rise Structures with Multiple Stairwells

Prabodh Panindre, N. S.Susan Mousavi, Sunil Kumar, John Ceriello

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Abstract

This study addresses the selection of the pressurization stairwell and the ventilation stairwell for fighting fires in a high-rise structure with multiple stairwells. The specific case of three stairwells, where one is regular and the other are paired scissor stairwells, has been considered in this study and various scenarios have been analyzed. Through simulations of a model that has been validated by on-site pressure tests, it is found that the most effective scenario which provides a safer environment for the rescue-operation is choosing the closest stairwell to the fire apartment as the pressurization stairwell, and the farthest stairwell to the fire apartment as the ventilation stairwell.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	042037
Journal	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume	1107
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1107/4/042037
State	Published - Nov 14 2018
Event	3rd European Symposium on Fire Safety Science, ESFSS 2018 - Nancy, France Duration: Sep 12 2018 → Sep 14 2018

Keywords

Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS)
Firefighter safety
Positive Pressure Attack (PPA)
Positive Pressure Ventilation (PPV)

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General Physics and Astronomy

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Positive Pressurization and Ventilation for Fighting Fires in High-Rise Structures with Multiple Stairwells

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