Very few professional engineers and architects understand the structural fire safety the way it should be understood and practiced. Structural Fire safety should be the intrinsic part of design. It is a multi-disciplinary area. Ensuring structural Fire safety is the responsibility of all stakeholders including the occupants and users of built environment. Do we understand fire and how to manage fire? Why Structural fire safety is an important issue? What is the status of fire engineering education in India? What are the key elements of Structural Fire safety? Is following NBC Part 4 sufficient to ensure structural fire safety? What is the role of various stakeholders? Why do we have so many fire incidents and losses despite having fire regulations? What is way out?
Today in this episode we will discuss many such issues in a very engrossing conversation with Prof. Virender Kumar Paul. Prof Paul is Head of the Building Engineering Management department at School of Planning and Architecture-Delhi. He is actively contributing to the area of Structural Fire safety. He has many publications and patents to his credit.
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