HOME VISIT RISK ASSESSMENT

Indrek IntsEstonian Rescue Board

Number of residential fires and accompanying fatalities in Estonia is

remarkably high

• approximately 50% of all fires in buildings

• about 85% of fatalities are from residential fires

• number fire deaths per 100 000 inhabitants in 2018 was 3,79 in Estonia,

Why

Statistic 2018

Home visits 2009 - 2018

Võru, 1923

• to create a questionnaire

• provide effective assessment of fire safety conditions in homes

• including the physical and social environment of the home

• Improve effciency of home visits

• better overview

Aim

Person

Environment

Cause

list of factors which have an impact on fre safety and their corresponding

assessment scales were compiled

• 21 parameters

• summary assessment is presented on a 100-point

scale, with results given the following ratings: very good, good, moderaate

and unsafe

Model

Implemented ERB home visit database

very good or good rate was achieved in 88,3% of homes

3,1% of homes belonging to the at risk group received over 60 points thus being identifed

as unsafe

concentrate on homes at high risk, detecting and selecting those that require supplementary

helpand advice.

Results

Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, Rescue College

Estonian Recue Board

FIRE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDINGS

Mari Tikan

Estonian Ministry of the Interior

Fire safety requirements for buildings

Working Group of wooden building gathered during 2016-2017 in EstonianAcademy of Security Sciences.

WG worked out standard-solutions for using timber in 8-storeys buildings.

Also they:

• proposed to use more timber in buildings by using so called capsuledmethod.

• organized building burning test in Väike-Maarja at 1.11.2017.

Fire safety requirements for buildings

The combustible-material supporting structure of a building shall be deemed a noncombustible-material supporting structure if it is sufficiently enclosed in noncombustible covering materials. Thefire resistance ability of covering material shall be at least K230 in the case of fire resistance R 30 orR 60 and at least K260 in the case of fire resistance R 90.

We allow use timber in up

to 8-storeys residential- and

office-buildings in Estonia

Fire safety requirements for buildings

Insulating material with a reaction to fire class ranging from C to E is alowed to use in buildings up to 28 m but only in range22 m. It shall be installed so that the spread of fire along the insulating material is prevented. Class TP1 and TP2 buildingswith three to eight storeys is alowed a thermal insulation system whose insulating material has a reaction to fire class rangingfrom C to E only in case if the structure surrounding an air vent prevents the spread of fire on the surface of the wall and itsinsulating material meets the requirements of class A1 or A2. Also must prevent the spread of fire along and inside theinsulating material.

In high-rise building is alowed insulating material from class A only!

Building burning test, 2017

https://www.sisekaitse.ee/et/node/1253

Fire safety requirements for buildings

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FIRE RESISTANCE OF CABLES

• Roof organization’s suggestion

(different solutions and options)

• Working group’s selection

• Firesafety expert’s „yes“

Requirement’s change

Description of the building

Reaction to fire

Building in

general Evacuation route*)

Buildings for which

a building permit is

generally not

required

with a surface area of up to 60 m2 and

a height of up to 5 m Eca Eca

Buildings with a surface area of more than 60 m2

and a height of up to 28 m Dca-s2,d2,a2 Cca-s1,d1,a2

Buildings with a height of more than 28 m Cca-s1,d1,a2 Cca-s1,d1,a2

Industrial buildings Dca-s2,d2,a2 Cca-s1,d1,a2

Parking houses,

parking lots, garages

and tunnels for

vehicles

Dca-s2,d2,a2 Cca-s1,d1,a2

Building in which single rooms are intended for

more than 100 users Cca-s1,d1,a2 Cca-s1,d1,a2

Educational

institution buildings Cca-s1,d1,a2 Cca-s1,d1,a2

Assembly buildings more than 200 users Cca-s1,d1,a2 Cca-s1,d1,a2

Accommodation

buildings room for more than 10 beds Cca-s1,d1,a2 Cca-s1,d1,a2

Hospitals, social

welfare buildings room for more than 10 beds Cca-s1,d1,a2 Cca-s1,d1,a2

Kindergartens, child

care more than 10 users Cca-s1,d1,a2 Cca-s1,d1,a2

Tunnels and

galleries for people with a length of more than 100 m Cca -s1,d1,a2 Cca-s1,d1,a2