Brandteknisk riskvärdering av Borås Kulturhus

This report is the result of a fire safety evaluation of Borås Kulturhus. The report was written by students at the Fire Protection Engineering program at Lund University. The project focuses on the public safety within the building and not on the damage of the property. The building includes different types of activities such as theatre, public library and art museum. The aim was to evaluate the existing fire protection system and find the weaknesses in the system. Initially a visit was made at the object to gather information and get an overview of the building. Risk identification was then carried out to identify the worst case scenarios considering the public safety in the building. Comparisons between time to critical conditions caused by a fire and the time to evacuation were made to see if the fire safety is satisfactory. The areas regarding the two theaters was of most concern and the ones were most improvements were needed. Examples of improvements are education, information and fire safety equipment. The fire safety routines among the staff were estimated to be good according to the visit at Borås Kulturhus