Open AccessHigh-Rise Building Fires
Author(s) -
Mamoru Kohno
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of disaster research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.332
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1883-8030
pISSN - 1881-2473
DOI - 10.20965/jdr.2007.p0236
Subject(s) - high rise , architectural engineering , forensic engineering , environmental science , civil engineering , geography , engineering , structural engineering
High-rise buildings play important roles in densely populated urban areas. Those over 100 m high serve as offices, hotels, and residences. Unfortunately, fires will happen in high-rises, and, because of their size, it is difficult to determine that a fire has occurred except on the floor where it has started and is even more difficult to evacuate residents if fire spreads. The collapse of such large buildings itself may adversely affect urban functions. We discuss the risks of fires in high-rise buildings and measures to be taken based on reviews of cases in high-rise buildings in Japan and the investigation of an office building in Spain that collapsed during a fire.