Panorama da segurança contra incêndio em edificações: análise dos laudos no corpo de bombeiros militar da paraíba

Abstract

The constructions of the current buildings reach surprising numbers, raising not only the complexity of requests but also its risks. An increase of constructive requirements, along with an increase of security items is expected. On the subject of safety against fire and panic in buildings, great scientific progress can be observed historically throughout great tragedies, creating speculation about how the public power and the technical and scientific community has dealt with fire safety in buildings. Expecting to promote development in fire safety, law no. 13.425, from March 30th, 2017, along with other deeds, assigns educational institutions that offer Engineering and Architectural programs the responsibility to add fire and panic safety to their syllabus. The research presented aims to assess the role of civil engineers on fire prevention and fighting, and panic control in buildings through the analysis of nonconformities on projects submitted to the Directory of Technical Activities of the Military Fire Department of Paraíba in the period from January 1st, 2017 to June 30th, 2017. The results on the designers, it was found that the performance of professionals in relation to a higher approval rate of the submitted project does not depend on their education or time working in the field but is related to constant performance in this type of project. On the projects, it was found that special attention is required in the following fields: finishing materials control, emergency exits, fire extinguishers, fire brigade, emergency signaling, and fire hydrants and/or indoor firehoses. By analyzing the results, the people responsible for the public power, firefighters, designers, students and professors can be able to argue, discuss and contribute to the enhancement of buildings’ fire safety