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High Rise FiresSantiago Fire DepartmentSergio Selman Hasbún6th International Tall Building Fire Safety Conference June 20th 2019
Cuerpo de Bomberos de Santiago
José Luis Claro y Cruz1826 - 1901
1980’s
2010’s
1970 1982 1992 20172002
17.5%1.14m12.2%
486k8.2%254k8.6%
215k6.3%116k
Residential Apartment nationwide, as % of total housing
62.8%Homes on Buildings
“Top 10” High Rise Buildings in Chile
Eduardo Rivas MeloStation 13 “Bomba Providencia”
36 LODD – 21.Mar.1981
Rio Alto Building (Concepción – Chile)
Office Residential Social
Torres de BilbaoResidential, 8th FloorDecember 2018
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High-Rise Fires SOP
(a) Scene
Recognition
(b) Evaluation &
Priorities Definition
(c) Determine Action
Plan
(d) Execution
Defensive Offensive
SOP Diagram
Operation Leader1st Engine or Truck
S&R Team1st Truck
iRIT2nd Truck
IC (Lobby)1st Engine or Truck
Fire Attack1st Engine
Fire Attack Support2nd Engine
And if the Stand Pipe fails?
Plan A – Hanging Inside Plan B – Hanging Outside
And if the Stand Pipe fails?
Plan A – Hanging Inside Plan B – Hanging Outside
Plan C – Build your own Stand Pipe
Thinking Process – The ”Top 5”
1. Smoke 2. Fire 3. Fire Spread
4. Victims & Evac. 5. Hydraulics
2nd Fire Alarm “Zenteno” 17th to 22nd floor – January 2018
18:57 19:00 19:27 19:33 END
Long Story Short
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Interior Walls (Vulcanita / Metalcom)
- Low fire resistance.
- No fire compartmentalization.
PVC Windows
- PVC Collapse at +100 Cº(aluminium melts at +600 Cº)
- Risk of complete Windows falling.
- No norm on window fire resistance
No balconies or ledge.
- Free flow of hot air and overheated
gases.
- No protection of the concrete of the
balconies.
Construction Issues
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Learning Point
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3rd Fire Alarm “Alcantara Medical Center” Complete Building – January 2014
4:01 4:21 4:53
Long Story Short
All were different floor plans.
2 Underground floors
Additional electric installations to supply the new needs in a +20 years old medical building
Shopping Mall on street level.
High fire load, Radioactive material.
Later modifications to floor plans.
Full façade, closed stairs, HVAC off.
Construction Issues
Learning Point
Challenge #1: More & Older
Challenge #2: Taller
Challenge #2: Taller (and weaker?)
Challenge #3: Mixed Use Buildings
Challenge #4: Social High-Rise Apartments
Challenge #5: Safety Culture
Challenge #6: Preplanning
Challenge #7: World Class FD & Share
TRANSMIT
STAIR CLIMB RACE
1.350 fire fightersCostanera Center Tower
62 FloorsSeptember 1st, 2019
FINISH 62th Floor
START
ALMOST THERE
