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Means of escape from fire

By Ed Soja 1 February 2008, Build 104, Feature article

Most fire-related deaths occur because people don’t escape before they are affected by either smoke or by the fire itself. ‘Means of escape’ is therefore an important aspect of any building design.

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Imperfect world of firestopping

By Kevin Frank 1 April 2019, Build 171, Feature article

Resolving firestopping compliance issues in existing buildings can be difficult. BRANZ research is helping bring consistency to the process of determining what is reasonable and practicable when undertaking building alterations.

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Safe as houses?

By Ian Page 1 October 2013, Build 138

A BRANZ project found that over 10% of owner-occupied housing is at risk should a fire break out. Several things can be done to help fireproof homes, and most are reasonably low cost.

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External fire spread on houses

By Ed Soja 1 April 2014, Build 141

When residential buildings have a wall less than 1 m (or sometimes 5 m) from the boundary, there are requirements for the boundary walls to have specific fire resistance ratings (FRR) and exterior surface finishes.

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Fire stopping can be alarming

By Ron Green 1 June 2013, Build 136, Feature article

It’s a topic bound to raise some heat, but a fire industry practitioner bemoans the current situation in which fire stopping around service penetrations is frequently inadequate. Why? And what should be done?

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