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Comparison of Building Occupancy Loads with the Turkey’s Regulation on the Protection of Buildings from Fire and NFPA

Volume: 15 Number: 2 June 15, 2022
Orkun Serttaş , Zeynep Feride Olcay *
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Comparison of Building Occupancy Loads with the Turkey’s Regulation on the Protection of Buildings from Fire and NFPA

Abstract

In order to protect the lives of the occupants and to minimize the possible damages to a property from a fire, it is great importance to accurately calculate the occupancy load of a building both in the Turkey’s National Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) legislation and in the American National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). In this research, the building occupancy load calculations were compared with NFPA 101-Life Safety Code 2018 within the scope of the "Turkey's Regulation on the Protection of Buildings from Fire" (ROPBF), which was first published in the Official Gazette on 19.12.2007 and then revised on 10.08.2009. The scope of the research also contains calculation methodology for the occupancy loads and what to consider in buildings that is used by both legal entities and real persons. The correct determination of the "Occupancy load", which is the most basic component of calculating and designing the required number of emergency exits, sizes, widths represents one of the most important and key component of an OHS measure to be taken before a fire occurs.

Keywords

Fire , Occupational health and safety , Occupancy load , NFPA , Emergency exit

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APA
Serttaş, O., & Olcay, Z. F. (2022). Comparison of Building Occupancy Loads with the Turkey’s Regulation on the Protection of Buildings from Fire and NFPA. Kent Akademisi, 15(2), 879-895. https://doi.org/10.35674/kent.1051420