Abstract

Protection the high-rise hospitals against fire is very important due to presence of disable patients, hospital's diverse population, multiple floors and having multiple units on floors. The present study was aimed to assess fire risk in a high-rise hospital. Assessment NFPA healthcare worksheets were extracted from NFPA101 standard completed through field observation. In the next stage, gathered information was analyzed using CFSES software. From all studied zones 100 in the aspects of fire containment and extinguishment were unacceptable. In total, the fire risk level was acceptable in 80 and 100 in the aspects of people movement and general safety, respectively. Our findings indicated that to improve the level of fire risk in high rise hospitals, required measures especially in the area of fire extinguishment and containment including buildings design for automatic sprinkler systems and standardization of fire controls.