Prescriptive Building Regulations, Safety Objectives, and Residual Risk in Germany

Abstract In Germany, building codes relating to fire safety are mainly prescriptive nature. Therefore, engineering is based on a combination of expert judgment and reverse rules. This necessitates connect the given objectives with detailed rules—if not already described within law or bylaw. paper proposes table European regulations their German counterpart model code in Germany. addition, risk curve for prenormative work also given. represents concerning terms fatalities level acceptable society emphasizes lower degree acceptance multiple occurring single incident. residual limit opinion firefighting associations. Data taken from London area supports suggested slope rate, as Britain similar that The corresponding aids everyday planning decisions context determining adequate compensation without missing out any essential aspects, such firefighter safety. proposed forms basis current discussion performance-based (PBC) Committee Standardization CEN. Moreover, first be discussed Germany takes into consideration societal aspect. It an appropriate performing calculations fault tree analysis Bayes nets. CEN working group discusses both aspects development European, code. presented here time.