Estimation of Magnitude and Heat Release Rate of Fires Occurring in Historic Buildings-Taking Churches as an Example

Historical buildings often fail to meet today’s building and fire protection regulations due their structure space restrictions. For this reason, if such encounter fire, serious damage will be resulted. The of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris (Notre-Dame de Paris) April 2019 highlights seriousness problem. In study, historical “Tamsui Church” was selected as an example. Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) adopted analyze scale possible hazards when wooden seats church are on improvement measures were proposed ensure that can used under safer conditions. It found existing seat arrangement cause spreading maximum heat release rate is 2609.88 kW. roof frame above source also start burn at 402.88 s (6.6 min) after which lead a full-scale fire. To maintain safety building, it necessary add active firefighting equipment (smoke detector water mist system).