What Every Chief Should Know About Performance-Based Codes.
What Every Chief Should Know About Performance-Based
Codes.
(503 K)
Bukowski, R. W.
Fire Chief, Vol. 40, No. 12, 34-36, December 1996.
Keywords:
codes; fire departments; performance based codes
Abstract:
Many countries have made a formal commitment to
implementing performance-based codes for regulating
building fire safety. England, Wales, New Zealand,
Australia, Sweden and Norway have performance-based
regulations in place. Canada, Japan, Poland, Romania
and China are actively restructing their regulations to
embrace performance-based codes in the next three to
five years.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899