A pattern of fire risk assessment and emergency management in educational center laboratories

Omidvari, Manouchehr; Mansouri, Nabiollah; Nouri, J.

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2014.11.003

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“…Fire, electrical shock, and hazardous chemical release posed serious hazards within safety domains and are more probable to cause an accident and emergency condition in academic settings. Omidvari et al found similar results in their study at Azad University in Iran, which reported fire risk and accidents in educational buildings, particularly in laboratories [21]. Furthermore, a previous report on the comprehensive management of risks has emphasized on preparing a fire emergency plan for universities and campuses [22].…”

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Applying health, safety, and environmental risk assessment at academic settings

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Background: Students, staff, and faculties are involved in activities that exposed them to a range of minor to severe or even fatal accidents in academic settings. Managing work environment risks is crucial to any safety and health prevention program. This study developed a risk assessment using combinations of hazards and risk factors to establish a scale of measures in a risk reduction action plan. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in an Iranian medical sciences university in 2018. A structured method of risk assessment was developed, applying a three-step procedure to identify hazards, consequences, and risk evaluation. Data were collected through detailed health, safety, and environment checklist in 38 different sites. Finally, the risks quantified, prioritized, and control measures proposed accordingly. Chi-square and correlation tests assessed how environmental factors were associated with hazard consequences. The analysis results were evaluated at the significance level of 0.05. Results: The frequencies of moderate and high-risk levels were 22.7 and 2.9%, respectively. Thus, corrective measures should be considered as soon as possible and immediately for these risk groups. Facilities and functions within laboratories, library, and powerhouse were more vulnerable to serious risks. The type of hazard had associated with the sites and total risk score at the significance level of 0.05 (P-value = 0.017). Similarly, risk severity was significantly related to the sites (P-value = 0.003). Safety hazards had a statistically higher contribution to the total risk score when compared to health and environmental hazards. Conclusion: The study revealed complex risks and hazardous circumstances with significant variances in academic sites and activities. Universities should provide training in risk reduction programs to increase the awareness of students, staff, and faculties, which can improve life safety in a university environment.

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“…Based on the characteristics of residential building fire and the literature review [6,[17][18][19][20], the factors influencing the risk of building fires are analyzed from the two aspects of disaster-causing factors and loss-controlling factors. A general hierarchical structure (presented in Figure 2) is finally established after theoretical preparation, the initial construction of the index system, the optimization of the index system, and the determination of the index system.…”

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An Integrated Method for Fire Risk Assessment in Residential Buildings

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Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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Building fires are characterized by high uncertainty, so their fire risk assessment is a very challenging task. Many indexes and parameters related to building fires are ambiguous and uncertain; as a result, a flexible and robust method is needed to process quantitative or qualitative data and update existing information when new data are available. This paper presents a novel model to deal with the uncertainty of the residential building fire risk and systematically optimize its performance effectiveness. The model includes fuzzy theory, evidence reasoning theory, and expected utility methods. Fuzzy analysis hierarchy process is applied to analyze the residential building fire risk index system and determine the weights of the risk indexes, while the evidence reasoning operator is used to synthesize them. Three buildings were selected as a case study to illustrate the proposed fire risk model. The results show that the fire risk level of three buildings corresponds to “moderate” or below which is consistent with the previous study. These results also truly reflect the actual situation of fire safety in these residential buildings. The application of this model provides a powerful mathematical framework for cooperative modeling of the fire risk assessment system and allows data to be analyzed step by step in a systematic manner. It is expected that the proposed model could provide managers and researchers with flexible and transparent tools to effectively reduce the fire risk in the system.

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“…Hassanain et al developed a fire safety evaluation tool that can evaluate existing restaurant facilities to identify and eliminate fire hazards [ 22 ]. Omidvari et al proposed a model based on the analytical hierarchy process and failure mode and effect analysis logic [ 23 ]. Li et al built a fire risk assessment system for coal mines based on the TOPSIS method [ 24 ].…”

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Fire risk assessment of high-rise buildings under construction based on unascertained measure theory

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PLoS ONE

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To prevent fire accidents in high-rise buildings under construction, in this paper, the fire risk assessment of such buildings is studied. First, based on project investigation and a literature review, a fire risk assessment index system suitable for high-rise buildings under construction was established. Second, the unascertained measure theory was applied to establish a fire risk assessment model for high-rise buildings under construction. The index weight was determined by the entropy weight method. Finally, taking a high-rise building project in Xi’an, China, as an example, the feasibility and rationality of the fire risk assessment index system and assessment model were verified. This research provides a new method for objectively assessing the fire risk of high-rise buildings under construction and provides a certain reference for controlling the fire risk of high-rise buildings under construction.

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A pattern of fire risk assessment and emergency management in educational center laboratories

Cited by 41 publications

References 15 publications

Applying health, safety, and environmental risk assessment at academic settings

Applying health, safety, and environmental risk assessment at academic settings

An Integrated Method for Fire Risk Assessment in Residential Buildings

Fire risk assessment of high-rise buildings under construction based on unascertained measure theory

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