scholarly journals Study on Improved Measures for Fire Safety Management in Sports Facilities

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-147
Author(s):  
Woongi Hwang ◽  
Hoisik Shin ◽  
Junseo Yang
Keyword(s):  
Fire Safety ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Far East ◽  
Sports Facilities ◽  
Safety Measures ◽  
The People ◽  
Evacuation Routes

Recently, there have been many fires in the facilities where the safety of the people should be prioritized, such as the Jecheon Sports Center, Ansan Far East Sports Center, and Futsal Stadium in Suwon. The fire incidents in sports facilities, such as in the Jecheon Sports Center, have affected a lot of lives due to various factors such as the closing of evacuation routes. This study investigated the management status of firefighting and safety measures through analysis of the fire cases in sports facilities used by unspecified number of people. We propose checklists and inspection manuals for common firefighting and safety measures in sports facilities, and post checklists in a location that can be easily seen by both people and users. We intend to contribute to the improvement of inspection management of sports facilities in terms of fire reduction and firefighting, and safety measures through inspection and posting.

An assessment of fire safety measures in healthcare facilities in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Ebekozien ◽  
Clinton Aigbavboa ◽  
Solomon Oisasoje Ayo-Odifiri ◽  
Nuzaihan Aras Agus Salim
Keyword(s):  
Fire Safety ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Safety Measures ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Electrical Faults ◽  
Fire Accidents ◽  
Safety Rules

PurposeThe occurrence of fire accidents in hospital buildings has become a serious challenge and more serious in developing nations. The purpose of this paper intends to assess fire safety measures in Nigerian hospital facilities. The significance of this study is to ensure that the design and construction of hospital facilities enhance the safety of users and properties.Design/methodology/approachThe data were collected via a case study and questionnaire survey and administered to the facility users. The study survey is to assess the respondents' perception of fire safety measures in hospital facilities and suggest possible policy measures that will be employed to enhance safety.FindingsThis paper found that 91% of the respondents have awareness of fire safety measures in hospital facilities. Electrical faults and combustible materials were identified as the frequent causes of fire occurrences in hospital facilities. This can be averted where flammable materials and electrical appliances are correctly installed, and safety rules enforced. Findings show that safety rules are lax in public than standard private hospitals.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper is limited to fire safety measures in Nigerian healthcare facilities. Future research is needed to evaluate the level of compliance from design, construction and post-construction of precautionary fire safety measures in hospital facilities in Nigeria.Practical implicationsThis paper recommended that designers and hospital administrators should improve on fire safety measures via the development of fire safety management plan and education. Thus, enforcement of fire safety measures in hospital facilities as specified in building codes should be implemented and monitored during and after the design of the hospital buildings. Findings provide valuable lessons on how to improve the fire safety measures in healthcare facilities across the states and other developing countries with similar healthcare situations.Originality/valueThis paper demonstrates that the stakeholders, especially government agencies concern with approval and enforcement of fire safety measures in healthcare facilities need to reawaken to her responsibility because of the lax implementation across the states.

Adequacy of Safe Egress Design Codes for Supertall Buildings

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 568-580
Author(s):  
Edgar C. L. Pang ◽  
◽  
Wan-Ki Chow
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Fire Safety ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Tall Buildings ◽  
Emergency Evacuation ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Commercial Building ◽  
Evacuation Time ◽  
Normal Heights ◽  
Evacuation Routes

Emergency evacuation for supertall buildings with heights over 200 m require a very long time for occupants to travel down the buildings. Occupants might jam into protected lobbies and staircases, extending the waiting time. There is not yet any code requirement specifically for emergency evacuation in supertall buildings, which are criticized for using the same codes for buildings with normal heights. Further, the evacuation design for several existing supertall buildings does not even follow prescriptive fire-safety codes. The underlying problems have not yet been addressed by thorough studies. Evacuation in such tall buildings in Hong Kong will be studied in this paper. The assumptions made in the local prescriptive codes for safe egress will be justified. Three buildings with evacuation design complying with the local codes are considered as examples. A commercial building, a hotel, and a residential block in Hong Kong are taken as examples. The key design parameters in the local codes are for 40 people evacuating with a flow rate of 1.1 person/s through the staircase between typical floors. The evacuation time from each floor to the protected lobby is assumed to be within 5 min. The evacuation times in different scenarios with these assumptions are calculated. Such assumptions do not hold under a high occupant load. The total evacuation time would be extended significantly when the travelling flows of occupants are blocked in any of the evacuation routes. Different fire-safety management schemes with staged evacuation, such as assigning higher priorities to evacuate lower or upper floors first, are evaluated. The results observed for safe egress are then discussed.

INFORMATION SYSTEM OF EXPERT SUPPORT OF FIRE SAFETY MANAGEMENT AT INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 21-25
Author(s):  
Nikolai Zuev ◽  
◽  
Renat Khabibulin ◽  
Evgeni Meshalkin ◽  
Boris Pranov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Fire Safety ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Industrial Facilities ◽  
Expert Support

A suggested logic for trading between fire-safety measures

1986 ◽  
Vol 10 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 141-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Z. Harmathy
Keyword(s):  
Fire Safety ◽  
Safety Measures

scholarly journals HSE Management System for Hotwork Operation at High Elevation in Shipbuilding Project

2018 ◽  
Vol 203 ◽  
pp. 02005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Idris Othman ◽  
Mohd Fauzan Helmy Ibrahim ◽  
Nasir Shafiq ◽  
Hisham Mohamad ◽  
Md Salim Kamil
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Liquefied Petroleum Gas ◽  
The People ◽  
Fall From Height ◽  
Class C ◽  
Almost All

Shipyard industry is one of the growing industry in Malaysia. There is still a lot of room for improvement with regards to the safety aspects within the industry. This study presents the finding of a survey on the safety management in shipyard operation of class C and D in Peninsular Malaysia registered with Ministry of Finance Malaysia. Shipyard operation is considered a hazardous job. Most of the cases were due to fall from height, fire and explosion. Similar accidents happened in South Korea, where 8 fatalities and 31 injuries were reported in January to August 2017. The accidents were due to crane collapsed and explosion during welding works inside a hull of a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) carrier. This paper aims to study the Health, Safety and Environment Management System (HSEMS) of shipyard operations in Malaysia particularly in Class C and Class D shipyard. This study was conducted using a survey method following the Glenn D’s equation. The survey was targeted at the people who are involved in the industry including the staffs of clients, consultants and contractors. The findings of this study show that almost all the shipyards of Class C and D have HSEMS in placed but some are incomplete. Accidents still happen in the Malaysian shipyard industry from time to time. The gaps in the HSEMS that lead to the accident are highlighted in this paper. Nearly 10% of Class C and D shipyards do not have clear HSE Policy and this one of possible causes of accidents due to low priority given to HSE matters in this particular Class C and D shipyard.

scholarly journals Experimental study on examining the fire load of a small compartment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriella László ◽  
Flóra Hajdu ◽  
Rajmund Kuti
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Fire Protection ◽  
Fire Safety ◽  
Fire Spread ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Fire Load ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Burning Process ◽  
The People

Abstract In Hungary a lot of people live in condominiums or in block of flats where fire often occurs despite of precise design and effective fire protection arrangements. This means a hazard for the people living there, for the building constructions and also for the environment. A deeper knowledge of the burning process and examining the negative effects of fire load on building constructions with scientific methods are actual questions nowadays. In order to get to know the phenomena more accurately, fire spread in a bedroom was modeled and numerical simulation was carried out, which is presented in this paper in detail. These experiences may help increasing the fire safety and preventing fires in apartments. The simulations were carried out considering the characteristics of the Hungarian architecture.

scholarly journals Employment issues in the modern Russia: five urgent matters

2017 ◽  
pp. 10-20
Author(s):  
A. G. Aganbegyan
Keyword(s):  
Labor Force ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Far East ◽  
Far East Of Russia ◽  
Unemployment Benefits ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Far East ◽  
The People

The employment issues existing in contemporary Russia including its socio-demographic, economic and regional dimensions are considered. It is argued and substantiated that priority strategies to cope with these issues include: reduction of unemployment and handling of the unemployment benefits’ payments; prevention of the labor force decreasing; including informal (unreported) employment into the public statistical accounting; providing for the people inflow to and increasing employment of those living in Siberia and the Far East of Russia; organization of 25 million high-productive jobs in the national economy.

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