Development and deployment of FiRECAM<TM>

Many countries in the world, including Canada, are moving towards the more flexible performance - based building regulations and away from the present restrictive prescription - based regulations. Performance - based regulations allow the designers and building officials the freedom to come up with innovative designs that will provide a level of safety that satisfies the objectives established by the regulations. Such innovative designs often lead to lower fire protection costs. The implementation of performance - based building regulations can be facilitated by the development of engineering tools that can help assess the overall fire safety performance of a building.Plusieurs pays, y compris le Canada, tendent \ue0 d\ue9laisser la r\ue9glementation restrictive actuelle, bas\ue9e sur la prescription, au profit d'une r\ue9glementation de construction plus souple, ax\ue9e sur la performance. La r\ue9glementation ax\ue9e sur la performance donne aux concepteurs et aux agents du b\ue2timent la libert\ue9 de mettre de l'avant des conceptions novatrices dont le degr\ue9 de s\ue9curit\ue9 satisfait aux objectifs de la r\ue9glementation. Ces conceptions novatrices donnent souvent lieu \ue0 une diminution des co\ufbts li\ue9s \ue0 la protection contre les incendies. L'\ue9laboration d'outils d'ing\ue9nierie permettant d'\ue9valuer la performance g\ue9n\ue9rale de la s\ue9curit\ue9 incendie dans les b\ue2timents facilitera la mise en ?uvre d'une r\ue9glementation de la construction ax\ue9e sur la performance.Peer reviewed: NoNRC publication: Ye