The Fire Safety Evaluation System (FSES) is a system used in the United States to evaluate the overall level of a building's
fire safety
Fire safety is the set of practices intended to reduce the destruction caused by fire. Fire safety measures include those that are intended to prevent the ignition of an uncontrolled fire and those that are used to limit the development and eff ...
. FSES applies to health care, prisons and jails, offices, laboratory buildings, and overnight accommodations in
National Park
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s.
FSES values are provided in the
National Fire Protection Association
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is an international nonprofit organization devoted to eliminating death, injury, property and economic loss due to fire, electrical and related hazards. As of 2018, the NFPA claims to have 50,000 mem ...
(NFPA) Standard 101A, ''Guide on Alternative Approaches to Life Safety''.
A FSES evaluation defines the relative impact of a deficiency or proposed improvement to the building. It also provides a means of comparing the effectiveness of proposed improvements by producing a comparative baseline and readily shows the relative gain in fire safety for proposed improvements.
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The Impact of Fire Sprinklers on Building Fire Safety
Hospital Engineering and Facilities Management (2003)
Fire sprinkler
A fire sprinkler or sprinkler head is the component of a fire sprinkler system that discharges water when the effects of a fire have been detected, such as when a predetermined temperature has been exceeded. Fire sprinklers are extensively use ...
s have an extensive impact on fire safety and are therefore allotted a high value in the FSES.
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Safety codes