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Fire risk management in the laboratory

Authors: Christophe BERTON, Marianne BOIVIN, Valérie BOURGHOUD, Edith LABONNE, David SAVY, Lucien SCHNEBELEN

Publication date: June 10, 2008

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During a laboratory fire, it would appear that smoke kills, in the majority of cases, due to the lack of compartmentalization and smoke-extraction systems. However, the largest fires in buildings often highlight the lack of possibility for rapid evacuation as their stability failure does not provide enough time for evacuation and inappropriate material choices that generate smoke and propagate flames. Based on the feedback from the largest fires of the last fifty years, fire risk prevention measures have improved and regulation has become more precise. Fire prevention is now supported by a coherent set of technical and organizational measures that must be implemented and perpetuated.

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AUTHORS

  • Christophe BERTON: Assistant health and safety engineer, Université Paris-Sud

  • Marianne BOIVIN: Health and safety engineer, Université Paris-Sud

  • Valérie BOURGHOUD: Architect, fire safety engineer at Pierre et Marie Curie University (Paris 6)

  • Edith LABONNE: Health and safety engineer, Université Paris-Sud

  • David SAVY: Health and safety inspector for higher education and research

  • Lucien SCHNEBELEN: Health and safety inspector for higher education and research

 INTRODUCTION

During a fire in a laboratory, it turns out that it's the smoke that kills in the majority of cases, due to a lack of compartmentalization and smoke extraction. But the biggest fires in buildings have often highlighted the lack of rapid evacuation options, the lack of fire stability in buildings, leaving insufficient time for evacuation, and the poor choice of smoke-generating and flame-spreading materials.

Based on feedback from the biggest disasters of the last fifty years, fire prevention measures have been refined and regulations clarified.

Fire prevention is now based on a coherent set of technical and organizational measures that need to be implemented and maintained.

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