TABLE OF CONTENTS The SFPE Engineering Guide to Performance-Based Fire Protection Analysis and Design of Buildings outlines a process for using a performance-based approach in the design and assessment of building fire safety within both prescriptive and performance-based code systems.
The intent of the guide is threefold.
This guide provides information that both qualified engineers and authorities having jurisdiction can use to determine and document the achievement of fire safety goals for a particular project over the life of a building.
This guide identifies parameters that should be considered in performance-based analysis or design.
This guide provides a means by which engineers can develop fire protection measures that provide levels of safety deemed acceptable by the stakeholders without imposing unnecessary constraints on other aspects of building design and operation.
This guide is written for developing and evaluating analyses by engineers practicing fire protection engineering who have a fundamental understanding of fire dynamics and who are competent in the application of scientific and engineering principles to the evaluation and design of systems and methods to protect people and their environments from the unwanted consequences of fires. Such engineers are qualified by education, training, and experience, and
Possesses a working knowledge of the nature and characteristics of fire and related hazards, as well as a knowledge of how fires originate, develop, and spread
Understands hazards and risks
Understands fire prevention, manual and automatic detection, and control and suppression systems and practices
Understands the impact...
