Brandteknisk riskvärdering av Västralid äldreboende i Olofström

Sammanfattning: This report is a fire safety evaluation of Västralid nursing home in Olofström. The object consist of three connected housing bodies, first built in the 1970’s. At first, the buildings were used as regular apartments, but they were converted into nursing apartments for elderly people in the 1990’s. In the report, an analysis of fire scenarios are compared to egress scenarios to evaluate the personal safety in case of a fire. The results are that today, egress takes substantially more time than the time it takes for the conditions to become critical. The conclusion is that the fire protection is poor in the perspective of personal safety. A specific risk observed in the buildings is substandard fire compartmentation, since the ventilation system and elevator shaft break through the fire compartments. The means of egress are limited because the escape routes in many cases are blocked and not adapted for the facility. To achieve a satisfying personal fire safety a number of measures are proposed. It is important that all of the measures are undertaken as a whole, and not individually. If all of the measures are undertaken the fire safety is deemed satisfactory.