Abstract

This chapter deals with the issue of fire safety in historic buildings that undergo functional change, restoration, replacement of construction, facade or installation renovation. It analyzes the current technical state in relation to microclimate and fire safety in historic buildings in Slovakia. It pays attention to the legislative framework for building conservation in the Slovak Republic considering its impact on the reconstruction and restoration of historic buildings. It assesses approaches and methods for fire safety solutions in historic buildings depending on the extent of their modification—intervention in the layout, function and construction. It presents solution procedures and knowledge in terms of application of fire safety requirements in historic buildings using model examples in accordance with the Slovak legislation.

Highlights

  • The successful restoration or renovation of a historic building depends on the integration of new operational requirements into the existing premises without the necessity of changing its original structure, layout and appearance

  • Restoration of a historic building can be defined as a set of layout and construction modifications implemented into the building structures in such a way that the building’s original height and ground plan can be preserved

  • The fire safety in historic buildings of great national and cultural importance where many rare museum exhibits are located is provided by electric fire signalization (EFS) equipment, fire extinguishers, internal and external fire cocks and firefighting measures applied in the building’s operation

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Summary

Introduction

The successful restoration or renovation of a historic building depends on the integration of new operational requirements into the existing premises without the necessity of changing its original structure, layout and appearance. It is important for the building conservation to preserve the building’s originality after its renovation and provide better microclimate and safety standard. Fire Safety and Management Awareness choice and optimization of building materials and the optimization of the building’s functional use in terms of fire safety In these cases, the fire safety measures should be the result of a compromise among the fire protection, building conservation, building law and quality requirements for the building’s new function. Fire safety in historic buildings is applied using passive and active fire protection of spaces and structures

Analysis of the current fire safety in historic buildings in Slovakia
Legislative regulations in the past
How to prevent harmful consequences that may occur after fire
Contemporary legislative regulations for fire safety solutions in historic buildings in Slovakia
Fire resistance of load-bearing and fire-separating structures
Fire resistance assessment of existing fire-separating structures in a model solution
Fire resistance of the external wall in a model solution
Fire resistance of the wooden ceiling in a model solution
Analysis of fire risk
Fire safety design
Fire compartmentation
Fire risk
Fire load
Evacuation
Solution example of a model building’s restoration in terms of evacuation
Findings
Conclusions
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