In order to keep human life and property in safety and prevent fire in villages,the current situation of fire protection of villages in northern part of Guan Zhong plane in Shaanxi province was investigated and analyzed from the programming and layout of villages,the state of household,the human fire-fighting consciousness and the facilities of fire-fighting of houses.

Considerations on revise of code for fire protection design of rural buildings;

Discussion on performance-based design about building fire protection;

Major problems existed in building fire protection and resolving measures thereof;

This paper analyses the necessity and feasibility of case study method that practiced in the building fire protection courses.