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Fire fighting in high-rise buildings: the role for engineers

Author(s) -

Shane Siu-hang Lo

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

proceedings of the institution of civil engineers - civil engineering

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 1751-7672

pISSN - 0965-089X

DOI - 10.1680/cien.2010.163.6.20

Subject(s) - high rise , fire safety , fire protection , government (linguistics) , fire protection engineering , firefighting , fire fighter , enforcement , business , architectural engineering , engineering , law enforcement , forensic engineering , political science , civil engineering , geography , environmental health , law , medicine , philosophy , linguistics , cartography , structural engineering

This paper aims to give engineering professionals a better understanding of the role and challenges facing fire services departments in enforcing fire safety and tackling towering infernos. In Hong Kong, where over seven million people live in high-rise buildings, the government has been injecting significant resources to address fire risk from educational, enforcement, economic, emergency and – crucially – engineering perspectives. The result is that overall fire risk is being comprehensively addressed for the benefit of both the community and fire fighters.

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