A Report on the Alexis Nihon Office Complex Fire

It must be noted that the purpose of IRC's on-site fire visit was to gather information concerning the spread of fire, the spread of smoke. evacuation procedures (if applicable), fire fighting operations and overall effectiveness of the building's fire protection and control features. Real fire information of this sort can prove valuable when planning future research programs or projects, and potentially serve as feedback to the Code writing committees in their ongoing assessment of the effectiveness of fire protection measures mandated by the National Building and Fire Codes. A determination of the cause of the fire was not within the scope of the study, and no effort was made by IRC staff to collect information which would allow such a determination.Il est \ue0 noter que le but de la visite in situ du sinistre par l?IRC \ue9tait de recueillir des donn\ue9es concernant la propagation des flammes, la propagation de la fum\ue9e, le plan d?\ue9vacuation (le cas \ue9ch\ue9ant), les op\ue9rations de lutte contre le feu ainsi que l?efficacit\ue9 globale des dispositifs de protection et de lutte contre l?incendie du b\ue2timent. Les donn\ue9es d?incendies r\ue9els de cette nature peuvent se r\ue9v\ue9ler fort pr\ue9cieuses pour la planification des programmes ou projets de recherche futurs. Elles peuvent aussi potentiellement servir d?\ue9l\ue9ments de r\ue9troaction pour les comit\ue9s de r\ue9daction de codes aux fins de leur \ue9valuation continue de l?efficacit\ue9 des mesures de protection contre l?incendie qui sont mandat\ue9es par le Code national du b\ue2timent et le Code national de pr\ue9vention des incendies. La d\ue9termination de la cause de l?incendie en question n?entrant pas dans le cadre de cette \ue9tude, le personnel de l?IRC n?a donc consacr\ue9 aucun effort \ue0 la cueillette d?information \ue0 cette fin.Peer reviewed: NoNRC publication: Ye