THE STRUCTURING OF FIRE AND PANIC PREVENTION STANDARDS IN BRAZIL: DIFFUSE BRAZILIAN REGULATORY PROCESS
Brazilian standards. Fire and Panic Safety. Unification of Standard
Brazil regulates the responsibility for the development of works in the areas of design, construction, execution of installations to professionals of architecture, engineering and industrial technique. On the other hand, the Constitution of Brazil authorizes the 27 federative units to legislate on buildings and risk areas distinctly. Civil society, in turn, through the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT) also develops technical standards related to the construction and operation of buildings and risk areas. The person responsible for the construction and/or operation of a building or risk area must comply with the standards related to the construction and functionality thereof. Of the standards related to construction and operation, the standards related to Fire and Panic Safety (SCIP) are fundamental to their regularizations, which are potentially 46 per federation units and up to 81 by ABNT.