00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.817956 CaOODSP 20221107142612 cr ||||||||||| 160518s2003 oncod #o f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn--- NH17-59/2003E-PDF Richardson, J. K. (John Kenneth), 1948- Fire safety in high-rise apartment buildings [electronic resource] / by Ken Richardson. [Ottawa] : Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation : Ontario Association of Architects, [2003]. 37 p. : ill. (some coloured). Issued also in French under title: La sécurité incendie dans les tours d'habitation. Includes bibliographic references. Fire safety in high buildings has been a significant issue for architects for over 100 years. However, provision for occupant safety from such fires was only addressed in the 1970s. This article identifies the unique fire safety problems in high-rise apartment buildings, and their associated fire risk. It then addresses the means to provide fire safety in high buildings from both design and codes perspectives. It elaborates on the need to provide both building- and occupant based protection to achieve the best results. It concludes with an overview of the special problems associated with high-rise residential buildings combined with atria or located over a subway system. gccst Fire prevention gccst Apartment buildings Ontario Association of Architects. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. PDF 679 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/schl-cmhc/NH17-59-2003-eng.pdf