The CTIF Fire Statistics Magazine 2025 will feature a 200 page section on high rise buildings

The work on Report #30, Fire Statistics Magazine 2025, for the reporting year 2023, is still ongoing. The deadline for sending data to the Center of Fire Statistics is end of May, 2025. 

We received data from some CTIF member countries. On the other hand we ask institutions and admin bodies from non-member countries to contribute before the deadline. 

All data are now in progress of being analyzed.

In report 30 we will feature a special chapter: "Fires in High-Rise Buildings", and as for now that section will contain nearly 200 pages.

The content is:

Towers on Fire - Introduction
History of High-rise Buildings
Literature Review
Selected Case Studies about International High-rise Fires
High-rise Buildings by Use
Hospital in High-rise Building
Hotel High-rise Buildings
Residential High-rise Building
Fires in High-rise Buildings
Façades Fires in High-rise Buildings

Illustration Credit:  Executed by Microsoft Co-Pilot, from an idea by Bjorn Ulfsson
 

CTIF-Survey on High-Rise Buildings:

1.    Is there any special information about the number of high-rise buildings?
2.    At what height is a building defined as a high-rise?
3.    How many fires were recorded in high-rise buildings in 2023?
4.    How many fires in high-rise buildings were associated with the fire of the façade?
5.    Are there any national publications on the subject of high-rise fires?
6.    Do the fire brigades have specially trained teams for firefighting in high-rise buildings?
7.    Do the fire brigades use helicopters for high-rise fires?
8.    Do the fire brigades use drones in high-rise fires?
9.    Is it allowed to operate medical facilities in high-rise buildings?
10.    Is it allowed to operate facilities for disabled people in high-rise buildings?
11.    Is it allowed to operate facilities like kindergarten, schools etc. in high-rise buildings?
12.    Is it allowed to operate department store and warehouses in high-rise buildings?
13.    Is it permissible to operate mixed uses in high-rise buildings (residential, hotel, offices, business)?
14.    Are there rules about the minimum number of stairwells in high-rise buildings?
15.    Are there rules about the minimum number of elevators in high-rise buildings?
16.    Are there rules on water supply for fire brigades in high-rise buildings?

It is intended to complete the report by the start of the CTIF event in Sofia. Readers (cities, regions, countries worldwide) who want to contribute information can do so until the end of May 2025.

Peter Wagner

visit the ctif fire statistics centre page and download data

Photo Credit:  Executed by Microsoft Co-Pilot, from an idea by Bjorn Ulfsson