Selecting occupant behavioural scenarios

Question 1

Which are the first 6 steps in selecting fire scenarios?

Answer 1

Identify the specific fire safety challenges
Locations of fire
Type of fire
Potential complicating hazards leading to other fire scenarios Systems and features impacting fire
Occupant actions impacting fire

Question 2

What is an alternate way to select fire scenarios?

Answer 2

Risk matrices can be used to identify worst credible cases

Question 3

What should be considered when selecting occupant behaviour scenarios?

Answer 3

Based on the type of building, identify uses of the building
Identify potential users of the building
What fires would be of concern
What structural issues might be of concern
What types of occupants would be of concern

Question 4

Describe the procedure to select occupant behvioural scenarios

Answer 4

Fire scenario selection process
Selecting representative occupant groupings
The occupant variables are then quantified
A sensitivity analysis should then look at the effect of varying magnitude of the characteristics