Fire Engineering Brief information sheet
The International Fire Engineerin g Guidelines , Code of Practice and performance requirements of the BCA
have a methodology that can be used to identify and mitigate the relevant risks to an acceptable benchmark.
The brief is the first part of the process that includes the following:
< Prepare a Fire Engineering Brief (FEB)
< Obtain Relevant Stakeholder acceptance of the FEB
< Carry out analysis
< Collate and evaluate results
< Draw conclusions
< Prepare a Fire Engineering Report (FER).
The brief is a key document that is to be approved by relevant stakeholder and contains the following:
Chapter Information provided
Executive summary A summary of the key points - a must read for stakeholders.
Introduction Provides the purpose, objectives and fire engineering process.
Brief context Sets the context of the brief with the basis, scope and approval process.
Project scope Informs of the contractual context, program and relevant stakeholders.
This provides an overview of the building use, geometry and other principal
Principal building
characteristics that enables the engineer to identify and quantify any non compliance
characteristics
issues with the DtS provisions.
Describes the occupants principal characteristics which is important in determining how
they will react to fire hazards.
Occupant characteristics
This will be needed to identify key occupant groups and how they will respond to fire
hazard of relevant fire scenarios.
Lists the relevant design requirements listing BCA objectives, functional statements
Design requirements and performance requirements.
These set the parameters to which the fire engineering analysis will address.
Describes the fire safety subsystems provided in reference to the building code of
Australia, alternative solutions, dispensations and other life safety preventative and
Building solutions protective measures.
This is where the alternative solution is detailed.
Describes the various methods that will be used to analyse the alternative solutions and
Method of analysis
how they will be assessed and accepted.
To enable possible fire scenarios to be identified fire hazards need to be listed in terms
of ignition sources, potential fuel sources, and dangerous goods. .
Hazard assessment
This section also provides statistics and a literature search relevant to the alternative
solutions which is used in developing the design fires.
This part puts it all together.
Design fires Relevant fire scenarios are selected from a list of possible fire scenarios. Relevant fire
scenarios are detailed so stakeholders can agree to how the analysis in the fire
engineering report is to be undertaken.
Bibliography Provides a list of relevant documents and their details
Glossary of terms Provides the meaning of technical words and terms or abbreviations used in the brief.
Appendix A provides a list of drawings that annotates the alternative solution.
Appendix Appendix B provides some calculations used to define benchmarks.
Supporting information is found in the later appendices.
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