Identification of Risk Factors for Casualty in Building Fires

Chun-hua Yu (), Li-ping Tian and Zeng-chang Zhao
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Chun-hua Yu: Hebei University of Technology
Li-ping Tian: Hebei University of Technology
Zeng-chang Zhao: Langfang Fire Detachment

Chapter Chapter 54 in The 19th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2013, pp 567-575 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this paper, risk factors of casualty in building fires which can be used in risk assessment have been identified by two methods. One is event tree analysis (ETA) method; the other is fault tree analysis (FTA) method. Combined with Fire Statistical Yearbook of China and literatures, the reasons of casualty in building fires were analyzed with 109 cases happened in China from 2001 to 2010. Six types of risk factors have been seek out from a list of basic matters which had been produced through the cases used the two methods above, and these factors will be adapt to the modern complex building constructions. The results will have important implications for fire prevention planning and fire management in the future.

Keywords: Building fires; Casualty; Event tree analysis; Fault tree analysis; Risk identification (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-37270-4_54

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