Fire Protection Association Australia

Published 6th January 2020

Fire safety of hospitals - a guide for designers

This document has been prepared to give all designers a better understanding of the key areas of hospital operations and how hospitals function which will assist designers to achieve improved fire safety and hospital design outcomes. It is hoped that fire safety engineers and building surveyors, as well as all other designers who have to address fire safety design issues, will benefit from this guide.

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Vertical evacuation of vulnerable persons in buildings

This technical paper considers options for vertical evacuation of vulnerable persons in the event of fire or other emergency. 

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Fire safety and the National Disability Insurance Scheme

This technical paper explores the implications for fire safety as the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is rolled out, and potential approaches the maximise the effectiveness of NDIS funding.

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Fire safety management of vulnerable persons in bushfire prone areas 

This paper describes a semi-quantitative bushfire risk assessment approach which can be applied to the assessment of existing and proposed buildings which house vulnerable persons.

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Source:
Unknown Author, 2020, Fire Protection Association Australia (http://www.fpaa.com.au/technical/other-documents/safety-for-vulnerable-people.aspx)