ABRI Holds Taiwan-Japan Exchange on Fire Evacuation Safety Performance Verification

The Architecture and Building Research Institute held the Taiwan-Japan International Research Exchange on Advancing Fire Evacuation Safety Performance Verification Technology at the Dapinglin Joint Development Building. As buildings in Taiwan increasingly develop toward high-rise, collective, large-scale, and multi-functional configurations, traditional prescriptive codes (Route A) often fail to fully assess fire risks, and previous Smoke Layer Time Verification Methods (B1) have shown growing limitations. The exchange invited Professor Yoshifumi Ohmiya of Tokyo University of Science and President Yusuke Tamura of FDM Inc., alongside domestic experts, building administrators, fire safety officials, and industry representatives, to review Japan's 2023 Smoke Layer Height Verification Method (B2) and Japanese Notifications 474 through 476 as references for refining local technical verification standards.

Key takeaways

• Traditional prescriptive codes and smoke layer time verification methods (B1) face limitations in evaluating fire risks in complex, high-rise buildings.
• The forum examined Japan's 2023 Smoke Layer Height Verification Method (B2), which ensures smoke or toxic gas layers remain above heights hazardous to evacuation upon completion of egress.
• The meeting brought together Japanese experts Professor Yoshifumi Ohmiya, President Yusuke Tamura, and domestic building and fire officials to discuss Japanese Notifications 474 to 476 and implementation practices.