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Fire safety panel

Fire safety panel

Thomas, R.

IRC-ORAL-544

Fire Safety Panel

Dr Russ Thomas

Director – Fire Risk Management,

National Research Council of Canada

Objective

• To establish a consensus on three issues

important to the successful application of Fire

Safety Engineering.

Outcome

• Results of these discussions will feed into

the development of the International Fire

Safety Engineering Guidelines.

Panel Members

• Ron de Veer (QLD Administration)

• Stephen Durnford (NSW Administration)

• Paul England (Society of Fire Safety)

• John Barwick (Department of Defence)

• John Rakic (Fire Protection Association Australia)

• Ray Loveridge (Housing Industry Association)

• Graham Thom (Australasian Fire Authorities Council)

Format

• Introduction (5 minutes)

• Discussion 1 (25 minutes)

• Discussion 2 (25 minutes)

• Discussion 3 (25 minutes)

(discussion between panel members and

between panel members and audience)

• Closing remarks (5 minutes)

Discussion 1

Design fire selection

What design fires should we use in our

designs, worst possible, worst credible,

or expected? What about arson?

Discussion 2

Needs of building owner

Is fire safety engineering meeting the

needs of the building owners, or is it

providing an inflexible design?

Discussion 3

Peer review

Should a peer-review be undertaken

for all, some or not any fire safety