Analysis on the Effectiveness of Fire Safety Equipment in Resisting the Spread of Heat and Smoke During Fire Accident on Ro-Ro Pax Crossing Ferry (Case Study on Local Indonesian Ferries)

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
A I Azhary ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Fire Safety ◽  
Safety Equipment ◽  
Fire Accident

scholarly journals Should We Expect a Disastrous Fire Accident in an Urban Road Tunnel? Literature Data Review and a Case Study for Selected Tunnels in Poland

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6172
Author(s):  
Krystian Szewczyński ◽  
Aleksander Król ◽  
Małgorzata Król
Keyword(s):  
Time Horizon ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Traffic Intensity ◽  
Road Tunnel ◽  
Urban Road ◽  
Road Tunnels ◽  
High Uncertainty ◽  
Fire Outbreak ◽  
Fire Accident

Urban road tunnels are a reasonable remedy for inconvenience due to congested road traffic. However, they bring specific threats, especially those related to the possibility of fire outbreak. This work is a case study for selected urban road tunnels. Considering tunnel specificity, road traffic intensity, and structure and based on the literature data for vehicle fire probability, the chances of a fire accident were estimated for selected tunnels in Poland. It was shown that low power tunnel fires could be expected in the 10–20-year time horizon. Although such threats cannot be disregarded, tunnel systems are designed to cope with them. The chances of a disastrous fire accident were estimated as well. Such events can occur when an HGV with flammable goods or a tanker are involved. Such accidents are fortunately very rare, but, on the other hand, that is the reason why the available data are scanty and burdened with high uncertainty. Therefore, a discussion on the reliability of the obtained results is also provided.

How Do People with Disabilities Consider Fire Safety and Evacuation Possibilities in Historical Buildings?—A Swedish Case Study

2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kecklund Lena ◽  
Andrée Kristin ◽  
Bengtson Staffan ◽  
Willander Sara ◽  
Siré Elena
Keyword(s):  
Fire Safety ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Historical Buildings

scholarly journals Evacuation Data from a Hospital Outpatient Drill The Case Study of North Shore Hospital

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anass Rahouti ◽  
Ruggiero Lovreglio ◽  
Phil Jackson ◽  
Sélim Datoussaïd
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Fire Safety ◽  
Movement Time ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
North Shore ◽  
The North ◽  
The Impact

Assessing the fire safety of buildings is fundamental to reduce the impact of this threat on their occupants. Such an assessment can be done by combining existing models and existing knowledge on how occupants behave during fires. Although many studies have been carried out for several types of built environment, only few of those investigate healthcare facilities and hospitals. In this study, we present a new behavioural data-set for hospital evacuations. The data was collected from the North Shore Hospital in Auckland (NZ) during an unannounced drill carried out in May 2017. This drill was recorded using CCTV and those videos are analysed to generate new evacuation model inputs for hospital scenarios. We collected pre-movement times, exit choices and total evacuation times for each evacuee. Moreover, we estimated pre-movement time distributions for both staff members and patients. Finally, we qualitatively investigated the evacuee actions of patients and staff members to study their interaction during the drill. The results show that participants were often independent from staff actions with a majority able to make their own decision.

SCHEMA-SI: A hybrid fire safety engineering tool Part II: Case study

2013 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 58-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Muller ◽  
F. Demouge ◽  
M. Jeguirim ◽  
Ph. Fromy
Keyword(s):  
Fire Safety ◽  
Safety Engineering ◽  
Fire Safety Engineering

scholarly journals A PILOT CASE STUDY OF A PERFORMANCE-BASED FIRE SAFETY DESIGN METHOD TO A MULTI-TENANT OFFICE BUILDING

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 138-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kawori KOYA ◽  
Yoshifumi OHMIYA ◽  
Kazunori HARADA ◽  
Takeyoshi TANAKA ◽  
Akihiko HOKUGO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fire Safety ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Office Building ◽  
Safety Design ◽  
Fire Safety Design ◽  
A Performance

scholarly journals Bridging the divide between fire safety research and fighting fire safely: how do we convey research innovation to contribute more effectively to wildland firefighter safety?

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore 'Ted' Adams ◽  
Bret W. Butler ◽  
Sara Brown ◽  
Vita Wright ◽  
Anne Black
Keyword(s):  
Fire Safety ◽  
Wildland Fire ◽  
Media Richness ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Safety Zone ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Firefighter Safety ◽  
Safety Research ◽  
Getting Lost

Creating a safe workplace for wildland firefighters has long been at the centre of discussion for researchers and practitioners. The goal of wildland fire safety research has been to protect operational firefighters, yet its contributions often fall short of potential because much is getting lost in the translation of peer-reviewed results to potential and intended users. When information that could enhance safety is not adopted by individuals, the potential to improve safety – to decipher the wildland fire physical or social environment and to recognise hazards – is lost. We use firefighter safety-zone research as a case study to examine how primary research is, and could be, transferred to fire managers, policy-makers and firefighters. We apply four core communication theories (diffusion, translation, discourse and media richness) to improve knowledge transfer.

Onboard Fire Safety Assessment Standards for Indonesian Non Convention Roll On Roll Off Passenger Ferries

2013 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunaryo S. ◽  
Yulianto Nugroho ◽  
Marcus Alberth Talahatu
Keyword(s):  
Fire Safety ◽  
Potential Risk ◽  
Safety Assessment ◽  
Fire Hazards ◽  
Risk Levels ◽  
International Regulations ◽  
Assessment Standards ◽  
Fire Accidents ◽  
Fire Accident

Roll on roll off passenger ferries play very important role in connecting Indonesia’s more than 17,000 islands. Since these ferries are categorized as ‘Non-convention’ vessels they are not mandatory to comply with international regulations, therefore they are very vulnerable to accidents including fire accident. The study was carried out to establish onboard fire safety assessment standards for Roll on roll off ferries operating on Indonesian waters to be used as guidance for authorities and operators to assess and to ensure the safety of the ferries. The assessment standards are focused on three accident sources include: the vessel; people on board; and the cargo. The standards are derived from fire hazards and their potential risk levels, which are categoriesed as intolerable; tolerable; and negligible. Refer to the risk levels obtained realistic and appropriate actions could then be implemented to prevent the ferries from fire accidents.

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