DIN 18009-1 2016-09 PDF

Full title and description

STB DIN 18009-1 2016-09 — DIN 18009-1:2016-09. Brandschutzingenieurwesen - Teil 1: Grundsätze und Regeln für die Anwendung (Fire safety engineering - Part 1: Basic principles and codes of practice). This part defines the basic principles, objectives and application rules for fire safety engineering methods used to evaluate fire hazards and to assess and design fire safety measures in the built environment.

Abstract

DIN 18009-1 (published September 2016) establishes a generic, performance-based framework for fire safety engineering. It describes how to identify protection objectives, select relevant fire scenarios, estimate risks and apply engineering methods to demonstrate that defined safety goals are met. The document is intended as the foundational part of a series (DIN 18009) and provides principles and requirements that other parts of the series elaborate for specific applications (for example evacuation simulation covered in DIN 18009-2).

General information

• Status: Current (active edition).
• Publication date: 2016-09 (September 2016).
• Publisher: Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V. (DIN) / German Institute for Standardisation.
• ICS / categories: 13.220.01 (Protection against fire in general).
• Edition / version: DIN 18009-1:2016-09.
• Number of pages: 56 pages.

Scope

Specifies requirements for the use of fire safety engineering methods and their application to buildings and other civil engineering structures (including underground transport facilities). The standard lays out the basic principles for identifying protection objectives, assessing fire hazards, selecting representative scenarios and applying quantitative and qualitative engineering methods to support design and verification of fire safety measures. It is a generic document intended to be supplemented by further parts of the DIN 18009 series; it is of limited applicability in specialised domains such as ships, aircraft and mining.

Key topics and requirements

• Definition and concretisation of fire protection objectives (safety goals) for a given facility.
• Identification of fire hazards and preliminary risk estimation methods.
• Selection and specification of relevant scenarios for analysis and design.
• Guidance on application of engineering verification methods (qualitative and quantitative) to demonstrate compliance with safety objectives.
• Documentation requirements and reporting of assumptions, model inputs and results.
• Role as a generic foundation for subsequent parts of the DIN 18009 series (e.g., evacuation simulation covered in Part 2).

Typical use and users

Used by fire safety engineers, consultants, architects, building services and structural designers, regulatory authorities, building owners, insurers and researchers. Typical applications include performance-based fire protection design, development and assessment of fire safety concepts, preparation of engineering-based fire safety reports for permit processes, and the definition of scenarios and criteria for simulation-based studies.

Related standards

Key related documents and references include other parts of the DIN 18009 series (notably DIN 18009-2 on evacuation and personal safety), national technical rules and workplace regulations such as ASR A2.3 (Fluchtwege und Notausgänge) and ASR A1.3 (safety signage), and technical standards addressing fire detection and alarm systems (for example DIN 14675). DIN 18009-1 is intended to interface with both prescriptive building regulations and other normative guidance used in fire safety practice.

Keywords

fire safety engineering; brandschutzingenieurwesen; performance-based design; protection objectives; fire scenarios; risk assessment; evacuation; simulation; documentation; DIN 18009; fire protection principles.

FAQ

Q: What is this standard?

A: DIN 18009-1:2016-09 is the first part of the German standard series on fire safety engineering. It sets out the basic principles and rules for applying engineering methods to evaluate and demonstrate fire safety in buildings and similar structures.

Q: What does it cover?

A: It covers the identification of protection objectives, selection of relevant fire scenarios, hazard identification and risk estimation, and the application and documentation of engineering methods (qualitative and quantitative) to assess and design fire safety measures. It provides a generic framework that other parts of the series make more specific.

Q: Who typically uses it?

A: Fire safety engineers and consultants, architects and building designers, authorities having jurisdiction, building owners and insurers, and simulation/modeling specialists who need a formal basis for performance-based fire safety assessments.

Q: Is it current or superseded?

A: The edition DIN 18009-1:2016-09 is the published and active first part of the series (published September 2016). It remains the foundational part of the DIN 18009 series; subsequent parts (for example DIN 18009-2 on evacuation simulation) have been published later to expand on specific topics.

Q: Is it part of a series?

A: Yes. DIN 18009-1 is Part 1 of the DIN 18009 series on fire safety engineering. Other parts (for example Part 2) address specific methods and topics such as evacuation simulation and personal safety analysis.

Q: What are the key keywords?

A: Fire safety engineering, performance-based design, fire protection objectives, risk assessment, scenarios, evacuation simulation, DIN 18009, documentation, building safety.