
1. Issues
1.1 Burden of building fires
Fires, i.e. fires that cannot be controlled, are a major issue in most countries. Mortality caused by building fires ranges from 0.02 to 8 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants per year, depending on the country; the direct cost of the associated losses is estimated at between 0.02 and 0.2% of gross domestic product. In France, these fires cause 1 death per 100,000 inhabitants per year, and the direct cost is estimated at 0.2% of gross domestic product. At the same time, the cost of building protection measures is estimated at around 2.5% of the cost of construction (for all these figures, see
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Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Fire threat to people and environment. - ISO/TC 92/SC 3 - 1980
- Fire safety engineering. - ISO/TC 92/SC 4 - 1991
- Fire safety engineering – Requirements for algebraic equations – Part 1: General requirements. - ISO 24678-1 :2019 - Mars 2019
- Fire safety engineering – Algebraic formula requirements – Part 6: Flashover phenomena. - ISO 24678-6 :2016 - Août 2016
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Websites
International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics
http://www.genevaassociation.org
Airtightness of buildings
http://www.rt-batiment.fr/l-etancheite-a-l-air-des-batiments-a31.html
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