1 Scope
This Published Document is intended to provide guidance to designers, regulators and
fire safety professionals on the engineering methods available for the evaluation
of life safety aspects of a fire safety engineering design in relation to escape and
tenability strategies.
The objective of the fire safety engineering strategy is to ensure exposure to the
effects of fire does not impede the safe escape of occupants or cause exposure to
conditions leading to adverse health effects.
Guidance is presented regarding the evaluation and management of occupant behaviour during a fire emergency and for the evaluation of occupant
condition related to exposure to fire effluent and heat.
This Published Document addresses the parameters that underlie the basic principles
of designing for life safety and provides guidance on the processes, assessments and
calculations necessary to determine the location and condition of the occupants of
the building, with respect to time. This is achieved using the information presented
on the evaluation, quantification and management of occupant behaviour, particularly escape behaviour, during a fire emergency.
This Published Document also provides a framework for reviewing the suitability of
an engineering method for assessing the life safety potential of a building for its
occupants.