Evaluación de seguridad contra incendio: método alternativo aplicado a edificaciones brasileña

Fire safety evaluation: an alternative method for Brazilian buildings

With the aim of proposing the legalization of the use of buildings that are subject to restrictions on fire safety legislation in Pernambuco, Brazil, some performance-based fire assessment methods have been described and one of them has been chosen to be applied to two buildings in the city of Recife, proving ist effectiveness. As a result, safe and viable solutions have been envisaged, given the restriction for buildings considered as historical heritage or constructed based on previous laws that have been updated. Gretener's method, if implemented, could become an interesting practice, insofar as it proposes some low cost and safealternatives without structural interventions, given the international verification of ist effectiveness.Keywords: fire; safety; legislation; methods.