ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces several fire incidents that happened in tall buildings followed by the regulatory requirements from various codes across the world. It discusses the basic principles for fire safety design of tall buildings. Most of the fire will cause local damages to the buildings; however, some may even causes collapse the entire buildings. The two famous examples of fire-induced building collapse are Twin Towers and WTC7. For existing buildings, there are other two regulations in UK which can be referred to: one is Fire Safety Order 2005, which imposes duties on individuals in control of the building, the other one is Housing Act 2004, which imposes monitoring duties on local authorities to take enforcement action against those in control of the building. As tall buildings become more complex with dramatic changes in building envelope and materials, it is vital to consider fire safety implications of new buildings or other construction or refurbishment projects at the concept design stage.
