Urban FRAME : Urban Fire Regulatory Assessment and Mitigation Evaluation Diagnostic
Fires cause up to 180,000 deaths globally per year. This is more than triple the annual average number of fatalities due to all-natural hazards. Urban fire risk can be heightened during periods of rapid urban development. Inadequate urban planning,...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/239481603103252728/Building-Regulation-for-Resilience-Program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34671 |
| Summary: | Fires cause up to 180,000 deaths
globally per year. This is more than triple the annual
average number of fatalities due to all-natural hazards.
Urban fire risk can be heightened during periods of rapid
urban development. Inadequate urban planning,
infrastructure, and construction practices related to fire
prevention and mitigation significantly increase the
potential for fire ignition, fire spread, and potential
conflagration. Mitigation of urban fire risks must be a
critical consideration for disaster risk reduction and
resilient development. Investing in building risk reduction
measures provides significant economic benefits. The Urban
Fire Regulatory Assessment and Mitigation (Urban FRAME)
diagnostic is designed to support government officials and
project managers, including World Bank task team leaders, in
assessing building fire safety regulatory systems to
identify critical gaps and opportunities for building and
urban fire risk reduction projects and investment planning.
This Urban FRAME diagnostic focuses on three critical
components of the regulatory frameworks for building fire
safety: (i) legal and administrative; (ii) development and
maintenance; and (iii) local implementation. |
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