There are some common misconceptions about the use of fire sprinklers and how effective they are at mitigating fire risk in residential buildings in Aotearoa New Zealand.
There are many different roles in building fire safety. To smooth the career pathway, various educational options are available to suit different careers.
While fires during construction are always a risk, densification increases the potential consequences and introduces new considerations. Here are some things to keep in mind to keep your construction site fire safe.
As our housing becomes more densified, do current fire safety controls need to change to keep people safe from fire? A new BRANZ research programme is looking at this, focusing initially on fire resistance and fire spread.
Is New Zealand striking the right balance of fire safety measures in multi-storey apartment buildings? We look at requirements in several countries to see how we compare.
Cavity barriers are not well understood and have been causing some controversy. Here, we clear up some of the confusion around these building elements and their role in fire spread.
The growing prevalence of mass timber construction in buildings, allowing larger compartments with larger openings, presents new challenges for fire safety designers.
