Fire protection: New possibilities
The new VKF fire protection guidelines came into force at the beginning of the year. A new set of rules is now available, which brings relief in almost all points compared to the previous version. It is clear that the current protection targets of around four fatalities per million inhabitants per year must be maintained.
Conceptually, with the new fire protection guidelines 80 to 90 percent of all fire protection projects can still be covered according to standard. For the rest, the demands on planning have risen sharply. Therefore, in the future, clean planning will have an even higher priority in the overall implementation of fire protection measures. Quality assurance in fire protection will also become more important; the specially written fire protection guideline "Quality Assurance" confirms this.
The Save meeting on March 24, 2015, will focus on quality assurance, planning and the technical implementation of fire protection projects. Among others, experienced planners from the ranks of SSI (Swiss Association of Independent Safety Engineers and Consultants) will give presentations to address conceptual fire protection work and the new possibilities offered by the adapted VKF guidelines. Installers will also be on site to present the state of the art of fire alarm systems and sprinkler systems.
