What is the role played by fire statistics? Challenges and benefits in their application towards improved fire safety

According to fire statistics analysis of the nation's fire department between 2015–2019, the most common cause of fire was electrical fire. As reported, 47,135 fires were caused by electricity, 22,852 were caused by mechanical causes, and 871 were caused by gas leakages. In this study, the fire adaptability of microcapsulated fire extinguishing agents was tested against small space electrical fires, such as electrical distribution boards. The tests showed that the fire extinguishing agent inside the capsule was released after initial fire contact and the fire of n-heptane was extinguished within 4.48 seconds (on average). Therefore, the KFI small space B-level fire extinguishing test by the Korea Institute of Fire and Industry met the criteria that the fire was extinguished and did not reoccur within 90 s after the end of the preliminary combustion. In addition, this fire extinguisher (agent) dramatically improved the volume of existing cylinder-type fire extinguishers for small spaces. However, there are no national fire safety codes (NFSCs) for this agent. Therefore, it is necessary to enact fire safety standards for this agent for smooth-field applications.

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An Analysis Of Fire Safety In Residential Buildings Through Fire Statistics

Fire Safety Science ◽

10.3801/iafss.fss.6-219 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

pp. 219-230 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Rosaria Ono ◽

S. Da Silva

Keyword(s):

Fire Safety ◽

Residential Buildings ◽

Fire Statistics

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE REQUIREMENTS OF BASIC FIRE SAFETY MEASURES ASSIGNED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Актуальные вопросы пожарной безопасности ◽

10.37657/vniipo.avpb.2020.6.4.005 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 33-41

Author(s):

Геннадий Георгиевич Гойкалов ◽

Марина Владимировна Орлова

Keyword(s):

Fire Safety ◽

Local Governments ◽

Fire Statistics ◽

Safety Measures ◽

Legal Documents

Рассмотрены актуальные вопросы обеспечения первичных мер пожарной безопасности органами местного самоуправления. Проведен анализ статистики пожаров, нормативных и нормативных правовых документов. Сделан вывод о необходимости их совершенствования. Представлены предложения по изменению и доработке отдельных положений указанных документов. There are considered the actual issues on implementing the basic fire safety measures by local governments. The analysis of fire statistics, as well as normative and normative-legal documents is carried out. The necessity of their improvement is concluded. The proposals to amend and update certain provisions of these documents are provided.

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Fire safety. Overview of national fire statistics practices

10.3403/30287182u ◽

2015 ◽

Keyword(s):

Fire Safety ◽

Fire Statistics

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Issues of Regulatory Framework for Fire Safety in Water Transport

Economics and Management ◽

10.35854/1998-1627-2020-3-233-241 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. 233-241

Author(s):

D. I. Kudryavtsev ◽

A. Yu. Yanchenko ◽

N. V. Androsenko

Keyword(s):

Water Transport ◽

Fire Protection ◽

Fire Safety ◽

Safety System ◽

Regulation System ◽

Fire Statistics ◽

Protection Measures ◽

Safety Requirements ◽

Regulatory Documents ◽

Fire Extinguishing

The presented study analyzes fire statistics in water transport and documents regulating fire safety requirements.Aim. The study aims to highlight the need to use technical regulations and fire statistics to develop a fire safety system and to enhance the supervision of compliance with safety regulations during hot works and day-to-day operations on ships.Tasks. The authors analyze fire statistics over the past years; determine the shipboard spaces where the greatest number of fires occur; examine the causes of fires on ships; identify the major directions in which fires spread in different shipboard spaces; describe the existing types of fire protection and fire-extinguishing equipment and methods for different shipboard spaces; highlight the importance of organizational measures taken by the management during fire-fighting operations and documents regulating fire safety during the construction and operation of ships.Methods. This study uses the methods of logical and statistical analysis that allow the authors to accumulate information about fires and their consequences, to present the major regulatory documents, and to formulate conclusions regarding the need for a fire safety system.Results. Statistics on the occurrence and propagation of fires in different shipboard spaces is analyzed. The characteristic features of fire protection measures used in water transport are identified. Fireextinguishing methods used in different shipboard spaces are described. A fire safety regulation system for water transport based on the major regulatory documents is presented.Conclusions. The conducted study highlights the importance and relevance of organizational measures aimed at the compliance with fire safety requirements and regulatory documents that make it possible to systematize measures necessary to protect the lives of people and to maintain smooth functioning of water transport.

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