Fire Safety Evaluation System

The Fire Safety Evaluation System (FSES) is a system used in the United States to evaluate the overall level of a building's fire safety. FSES applies to health care, prisons and jails, offices, laboratory buildings, and overnight accommodations in National Parks.Nelson, Harold [http://nvl.nist.gov/pub/nistpubs/sp958-lide/275-279.pdf System for Fire Safety Evaluation of Health Care Facilities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916014343/http://nvl.nist.gov/pub/nistpubs/sp958-lide/275-279.pdf |date=2008-09-16 }}

FSES values are provided in the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 101A, Guide on Alternative Approaches to Life Safety.

A FSES evaluation defines the relative impact of a deficiency or proposed improvement to the building. It also provides a means of comparing the effectiveness of proposed improvements by producing a comparative baseline and readily shows the relative gain in fire safety for proposed improvements.Huggins, Roland {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20051110045803/http://www.touchbriefings.com/pdf/13/hosp031_p_HUGGINS.PDF The Impact of Fire Sprinklers on Building Fire Safety]}} Hospital Engineering and Facilities Management (2003)

Fire sprinklers have an extensive impact on fire safety and are therefore allotted a high value in the FSES.