Performance-Based Fire Engineering

The performance‐based design methodology usually consists of two phases: the first phase, preliminary analysis: the steps that lead to identifying the most representative conditions of the risk to which the activity is exposed are formalised together with the performance thresholds in relation to the safety targets to be pursued; second phase, quantitative analysis: using calculation models, the qualitative–quantitative analysis of the effects of the fire is performed in relation to the goals assumed, comparing the results obtained with the performance thresholds already identified and defining the design to be submitted for final approval.