Requirements for fire resistance - Switzerland
Requirements in Switzerland for fire compartment floors in housing, commercial and educational buildings are shown in the illustration on the right.
- detached single house
- building of low height (up to 11 m overall height)
- building of medium height (up to 30 m overall height), REI30 with extinguishing systems concept
- high-rise building with extinguishing systems concept (up to 100 m overall height)
Requirements for fire resistance - Germany
Germany (DE) settles the fire protection regulations in the state building regulations. Further specific regulations for highly fire resistant components used in multi-storey timber constructions are stated in their design guidelines (M-HFHHolzR). An application of timber and wood-based panel products in building class 5 is not provided for in planning law, but is often achieved through building object-specific fire protection concepts in implementation of means of compensation. The table shows building classes (GK) defined in Germany.
- GK1 detached building, floor level of highest level (OKF) ≤ 7 m, building unit (NE) ≤ 400 m2
- GK2 non-detached building, OKF ≤ 7 m, NE ≤ 400 m2
- GK3 other buildings with OKF ≤ 7 m
- GK4 OKF ≤ 13 m, NE ≤ 400 m2
