Fire Resilience Evaluation of a Historic University Building in China

In recent years, the preservation of historic university buildings has gained increasing attention, particularly in the context of fire safety, as building fires pose significant threats to these structures. In alignment with global initiatives on resilient cities and communities, a focus on enhancing fire resilience in historic university buildings has emerged. From the perspective of fire resilience in historic university buildings, this study constructs an IDIA model for evaluating fire resilience in historic university buildings based on the improved Delphi method(ID), the Interpretive Structure Model (ISM), and the Analytical Network Process (ANP). This model objectively identifies fire resilience indicators for historic university buildings, explores the interactions between influencing factors, and analyzes the priorities of factors influencing fire resilience in historic university buildings, thereby improving the overall fire resilience of the historic university building system. This research focused on the administrative and teaching buildings of the former Central South School of Architecture and Engineering on the Mafangshan Campus of Wuhan University of Technology. The results indicate that fire resistance levels, the fire water supply system and fire awareness are extremely important indicators of fire resilience in historic university buildings. This research framework contributes to understanding the fire resilience of historic university buildings and is of vital importance for building resilient communities.