Maximum allowable damage approach to fire safety performance quantification

Risk assessments are used to inform decision-making in hazardous systems. The process involves highly technical steps such as quantifying uncertainty and it is typically carried out by subject matter experts with a robust engineering background. also value-loaded selecting the risk acceptance criteria for evaluating risks. In built environment, support performance-based design of late, these have been increasingly framed preferred option quantify demonstrate adequate fire safety performance. This argument supported assumption that an proxy goals. present work puts forward counterargument, stating performance should be mainly defined function consequences, avoiding use An alternative assessment methodology introduced based on concept maximum allowable damage, which exemplified combustible façade residential building case-study. presented here aims at upon knowledge tools obtain more trustworthy therefore attain safer environment.