NFPA Journal - Summer 2024 - 78
Codes + Tech
The remains of the Liseberg
Oceana waterpark near
Gothenburg, Sweden,
following a fire in February.
The facility was under
construction, and welding
may have caused the blaze.
A blaze in Sweden, NFPA 241,
and construction safety
By Shawn Mahoney
I
n February, photos and
videos shared across
social media showed large
waterslides exploding
and engulfed in flames
at a theme park under construction in
Gothenburg, Sweden.
The incident occurred February 12
at the Liseberg Oceana Water World, a
large indoor waterpark under construction
and scheduled to open this summer.
There were no visitors in the park, but
one person was killed in the fire and 16
workers were treated for minor injuries,
according to media reports. The fire took
three days to bring under control.
An official cause of the fire had not been
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determined, though authorities said they
were investigating the blaze as a " workplace
accident. " Some unofficial initial reports
from witnesses mentioned that there may
have been welding activity in the area when
the fire began. Due to the heat generated,
welding is considered a hot work activity.
The incident, as well as other recent
fires around the world at buildings under
construction, highlights the importance
of proper fire safeguards during the construction
process. While building, fire,
and life safety codes such as NFPA 1, Fire
Code, and NFPA 101®
, Life Safety Code®
,
contain requirements that safeguard a
completed building from fire and provide
life safety to the occupants, many of these
features may either not yet be installed or
may not yet be operational at any given
point during construction.
That's why those documents defer to
NFPA 241, Standard for Safeguarding
Construction, Alteration, and Demolition
Operations (nfpa.org/241), to protect those
unfinished buildings. NFPA 241 requires
that each construction project have a
site-specific Fire Prevention Program (FPP)
developed to address all of the hazards
associated with that specific project. NFPA
241 also requires that a Fire Prevention
Program Manager (FPPM) be assigned to
the project to ensure that all the safeguards
in the fire prevention plan are followed.
An FPP according to NFPA 241 would
need to outline the requirements for a
hot work safety program to be followed
in accordance with NFPA 51B, Standard
for Fire Prevention During Welding, Cutting,
and Other Hot Work (nfpa.org/51B),
with the FPPM serving as the permit
authorizing individual. Prior to hot work
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http://www.nfpa.org/241
http://www.nfpa.org/51B
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