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This project has been a part of the education of Fire Safety Engineers at Lund Institute of Technology. The purpose of this report is to evaluate the safety of the persons inside Birger Jarl in case of a fire. Birger Jarl is mostly used as a nightclub and can host up to 630 persons. The focus in this report is to evaluate the possibility of safe egress from the building in case of a fire and estim
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the fire safety in the retail store ICA Maxi located in Motala, Sweden. One of our main areas of focus was the safe evacuation of the customers. The analysis of the fire safety of the building is based on literature, computer simulations, hand calculations and a site visit. ICA Maxi is separated from other stores in the same building and has several fire sa
This report is a fire safety evaluation of The Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm, Sweden. The purpose is to evaluate the safety regarding fire hazards and evacuation in the building. If the safety is found not to be satisfying this report is supposed to suggest mprovements and changes that shall or should be implemented. After visiting the object, and by weighing probabilities and conseq
This report is a fire safety evaluation of Norrtälje correctional facility. Inmates in closed institutions are not able to perform an unassisted evacuation in case of fire as they are locked in their cells. This requires the assistance of prison staff to escort every inmate to safety. The focus of this report is to evaluate the possibilities of a safe egress from the concerned building in the case
This report is a fire safety evaluation of Center Syd shopping centre in Löddeköpinge, Sweden. The aim was to evaluate the safety of humans in the event of a fire. Property loss, structural damage and environmental effect have not been evaluated. Four scenarios representing the most critical fires to occur were evaluated. Fire modelling has been carried out using hand calculations for the well mix
This report is a fire safety evaluation of the Kvarteret Juno Shopping Centre in Norrtälje. The report aims to determine the public safety in case of fire and to weigh in existing fire safety measures, evaluate them and to present possible additional precautions that need to be taken. From observations made, three different scenarios have been chosen to represent fire out breakage. These scenarios
This report contains a description of the fire safety situation of Holmagården, which is a residence for elderly with special needs, in Svedala, Sweden. The purpose is to evaluate the personal safety in case of fire where concern has taken to the health status of the individuals at Holmagården. Three different fire scenarios have been the starting direction for modelling and calculating. To estima
This report is a fire safety evaluation of Läckö Slott located near Lidköping, Sweden. The purpose of the report is to evaluate the human safety regarding evacuation in case of fire. The project is the major part of the course Fire safety evaluation (VBR054), and is done by third-year students at the Department of Fire Safety Engineering and Systems Safety, Lund University, Sweden. After visiting
This report contains an evaluation of the personal safety in case of fire at the shopping centre Veddesta Köpcentrum. Three different fire scenarios and design fires are chosen to represent the worst case scenarios likely to occur in the building. Time until critical conditions in each scenario is determined by using the computer program CFAST and hand calculations. This time is then compared to t
This report is a fire safety evaluation of the Manilla school in Stockholm and is written upon request by The National Property Board. The Manilla school is an elementary school for children and youths with sense impairments, such as hearing and sight disorders. The project is initialized by a visit at the school where class-instructors and the schools security manager participates. The project is
This report is a fire safety evaluation of Norrköping shopping mall Domino and the report focus on evacuation and human safety. During a visit in Norrköping three different scenarios were found based on an analysis of consequences. The scenarios have been evaluated and simulated in for example CFast, Simulex and DetactT2. Different parameters as for example smoke filling and temperature rise have
This report is a part of the educational programme of Fire Protection Engineering at Lund University. The purpose of the report is to evaluate the fire safety of Vadstena Castle from an egress perspective. Thus the structural stability or property damage is not taken into consideration. Vadstena Castle is a tourist attraction that can host a large amount of people during special events. The approa
This report is written as a part of the course VBR054 which is given at the Fire Engeneering Programme at Lund University. The purpose is to evaluate the safety regarding evacuation due to fire at Wisby Strand Congress & Event, located in the medieval part of Visby, Sweden. Wisby Strand is a newly built congress center with the capacity to hold events for up to 1000 persons. Two separate visit
This report is a fire safety evaluation of Helsingborg municipal theatre, Sweden. The theatre is a building mainly in 5 floors, but up to 9 floors above the main scene. The purpose with the report is to evaluate the safety to theatres 600 guests during an evacuation in case of fire. Structural damage and economic loss is not taken into account. Three scenarios that represent critical fires, most l
This report is a fire safety evaluation of ward 326 and 327 at Queen Silvia Children’s Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden. The patients at the ward are in many cases not able to evacuate without aid and are going to need assistance by staff in an emergency situation. To investigate if the fire safety is satisfactory, three fire scenarios have been analyzed with computer programmes and evaluated. It tu
The purpose of this report is to evaluate the fire safety of Tekniska nämndhuset in Huddinge. The focus of the report is on the safety of people during evacuation in case of fire. Property and environmental damage has not been taken into consideration. Tekniska nämndhuset is an office building accommodating several administrations within Huddinge municipality, there is no co-operation regarding fi
This report is an evaluation of the personal safety at two orthopedic wards at Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge, Sweden. No considerations have been taken to material or economic damage. Computer models have been used to simulate three scenarios. CFast have been used to simulate smoke movement, smoke layer temperature, toxicity and visibility. A computer program called Escape and rescue
This report is written as a part of the educational programme Fire Protection Engineering at Lunds University. The purpose of the report is to evaluate the fire safety of Skövde Cultural Centre. Focus lies on evacuation and human safety and therefore structural stability and property damage have not been considered. The Cultural Centre is a large building that houses varying activities. Due to lac
This report is a fire safety evaluation of Hässleholm Kulturhus and focuses on the public safety within the building and not on the damage of the property. The building involves many different activities like dental care, cinemas, theatres, restaurants, the city library and a tourist office. The purpose was to evaluate the public safety in case of a fire and the aim was to find defects in the exis
This report is a part of the course fire safety evaluation at Lund Univeristy and constitutes an evaluation of the security from a human safety point of view in case of fire at Kvarnbergsskolan on Värmdö. A visit to the school has been made, where the premises were documented and the existing fire protection was studied. Demarcations were done, and then the worst plausible fire scenarios were asse
