Numerous high-profile fire incidents have recently occurred
involving the façades of tall buildings around the world. Incidents
such as these pose a life-safety hazard to the building occupants
and people in a neighboring property, cause damage to the building,
present a challenge for the fire and emergency services, and affect
the operation.
In high-rise constructions, it is always a challenge for the firefighters
to reach the affected floors of fire because the snorkel heights are
limited in its reach. The other challenges faced in such structures for
fire safety is evacuating the occupants from such a large evacuation
distance via stairs and the physical stress involved.
Therefore, in high rise structures, fire safety is of supreme priority
and passive fire protection becomes the key component that
provides safety to occupancy, structure and provides extra time for
firefighters to reach the floor on fire.