Brandteknisk riskvärdering av nattklubben Etage

The purpose of this report is to examine the safety of people during evacuation of the nightclub Etage in case of fire. Etage is one of the biggest night clubs in Malmö and can receive a maximum of 500 guests during opening hours. Three different fire scenarios were analyzed along with evacuation scenarios. These were simulated in the programs FDS and Simulex. In many of the scenarios the evacuation time exceeded time to critical conditions, therefore the final analysis showed that safety of people cannot be guaranteed and it is not acceptable. The conclusion is that a combination of different measures has to be taken to secure safe evacuation conditions. The specific combination is not presented in the analysis and the manager should discuss solutions together with a specialist. There are several uncertainties and limitations in the analysis that could have affected the final results. A big limitation is that the organized fire protection of the business and the staffs’ ability to extinguish a fire has not been considered. Therefore the risk analysis might be too conservative. The safety of the people during evacuation is possibly better than the results showed in this report.