Fire Safety Systems in Buildings-Problems and Concerns beyond the Projec

Abstract

Fire is one of the major concerns when analyzing the potential risks on buildings. To face undesired situations it is common to install fire safety systems in a way to prevent fire occurrence or to protect buildings against such events. In these cases it is usual to have well designed systems as well as good installation procedures. However the problem relies after this stage where it is needed some attention to issues related to test and maintenance that are not meet. This article states this problem presenting the risk of not identifying possible hidden failures that will prevent the safety barrier of having a successfully operation when it will be needed in a real fire situation. It is also shown the importance of having a test and maintenance planning and how to establish the frequency of those activities.