What role do standards play in making buildings safer during wildfires?

Standards like UL 263, the Standard for Fire Tests of Structural and Construction Elements for Buildings, evaluate the fire protection of building components like columns, beams, ceilings, floors, and walls. The standard requires materials to be subjected to fire exposure tests, which are controlled to achieve specified temperatures throughout a specified time period, simulating fires that occur in commercial buildings, such as offices, hospitals and schools.

What makes a building disaster-prepared?

Building disaster preparedness involves containment and passive protection to limit fire spread, structural integrity measures to withstand disasters, early warning systems, emergency communication systems, following established building safety standards and regulations, and regular testing and compliance with fire safety requirements.

Climate Resilience | UL Standards & Engagement

您面临的风险是什么？

随着气候变化的影响变得更加昂贵和广泛，安全标准促进气候适应能力，以帮助保护您、您的家庭和社区免受日益严重和频繁的天气事件的影响。

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将鼠标悬停在下面的每个统计数据上，了解安全标准对减轻极端天气事件的影响。

300 万

在过去 20 年里，因自然灾害而死亡的人数增加了 20%。

在过去 20 年中，自然灾害还造成了 $500 亿美元的财产损失。然而，社区继续向地震带、野火区、沿海地区和洪泛平原等灾害易发区扩张，这种风险将继续增加。

[资料来源 ULSE 备灾]

363 亿美元

2021 年排放到大气中的二氧化碳吨数。

碳排放加快了气候变化和相关自然灾害的速度。有了正确的安全标准，我们就能建造出能够抵御极端事件的房屋和社区，同时还能减少碳排放。

[资料来源国际能源机构（IEA）]

60%

的野火是由闪电和其他自然现象引起的。

当闪电击中物体时，会释放出足够的热量点燃树木或其他燃料。虽然雷电引起的火灾无法避免，但有办法预测火灾可能从哪里开始。自然火灾的风险也可以降低。

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22

对标准进行了更新，纳入了提高建筑材料和公共基础设施在环境条件下耐久性的要求。

ULSE 有大约 80 项安全标准，可帮助住宅、建筑和社区更好地抵御不同形式的天气，如大风和大雪、极端温度、火灾或紫外线照射。

继续阅读，从和您一样的人身上了解预防的力量。

标准在行动

安全标准就像一本由专家编写的指导手册，用于指导产品、服务和系统的测试，使其对您更加安全。

安全标准支持更具抗灾能力的住宅和社区，在自然事件日益严重的情况下保证您的安全。

Developing Standards to Reduce and Manage Wildfire Impacts

UL Standards & Engagement (ULSE), selected by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), is leading a national initiative to develop two National Standards of Canada that support communities in assessing wildfire risk, strengthening preparedness, and reducing vulnerability to fire events.

Over the next two years, this work will deliver coordinated, practical standards addressing both building-level risks and community-level planning. These standards will support safer design and construction practices, improved land use planning, emergency preparedness, and public outreach in WUI areas.

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