利用火灾动力学软件对室内火进行重建分析.pdf

TECHNICAL NOTE ENGNEERING SCIENCE Jen-Hao Chi,1 Ph.D. Reconstruction of an Inn Fire Scene Using the Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) Program* ABSTRACT: An inn fire occurring in the middle of the night usually causes a great deal more injuries and deaths. This article examines the case study of an inn fire accident that resulted in the most serious casualties in Taiwan’s history. Data based on the official fire investigation report and NFPA921 regulations are used, and the fire scenes are reconstructed using the latest Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) program from NIST. The personnel evacuation time and time variants for various fire hazard factors of reconstructive analysis clarify the reason for such a high number of casualties. It reveals that the FDS program has come to play an essential role in fire investigation. The close comparison between simulation result and the actual fire scene also provides fire prevention engineers, a possible utilization of FDS to examine the effects of improved schemes for fire safety of buildings. KEYWORDS: forensic science, fire investigation, inn fire accident, fire origination point, Fire Dynamics Simulator program, personnel evac- uation time, fire hazard scene, smoke layer height Travelers staying in the inn are normally short-term occupants and thus are unfamiliar with the inn. When a fire does occur, it tends to inflict severe casualties. During recent years, there have been several large hotel fires around the world, for example, the hotel fire in northwestern Pomerania region of Poland at around 1 AM on April 13, 2009, which killed 21 and injured 20 (1); the motel fire in Riverdale, Georgia, U.S.A., at around 10 PM on June 7, 2007, killing 5 and injuring 6 (2); and the hotel fire in 9th dis- trict of Paris, France, at around 2 AM on April 15, 2005, killing 21 and injuring 19 (3). These incidents indicate that there is a high fire risk factor among these older small-sized hotels. This article examines as a case study the inn fire