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Fire Protection Analysis Of A Fresno Elementary School, Garen Lencioni
Fire Protection Analysis Of A Fresno Elementary School, Garen Lencioni
Fire Protection Engineering: Culminating Experience Project Reports
This report details the fire and life safety analysis of a Fresno Elementary School. Both prescriptive and performance based analysis were used to determine compliance with the building codes and fire codes which the building was constructed under. The prescriptive analyses included evaluation of the egress system, structural fire protection requirements, fire detection and alarm system and fire suppression systems. The prescriptive analyses were done to show the code requirements and how the building complies with them. The performance analyses were done to analyze the performance of the building in the event of a fire scenario. Three fire scenarios were …