2019 Volume 4 Issue 2 Supplementary
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INVESTIGATION OF FIRE SAFETY MANAGEMENT APPROACH BASED ON THE RISK ‎ASSESSMENT


Hamed AKBARI 1, S. Nafisseh ESHAGH HOSSEINI2, Amir ADIBZADEH1, Hesam AKBARI1, ‎ Abdolvahed BAZMARA1*, Mohammad Hassan NASERI3‎
Abstract

Background: Most of the global fire events have occurred due to default in Fire ‎Safety Management or FSM, that is the main aspect of safety of fire. Various risk ‎assessment methods developed in the field of fire safety management over time. ‎This indicates a failure of the FSM.‎ Objective: The aim of the current study is to assess the approaches related to fire ‎risk investigation of hospitals facilities, the target of recognizing and removing fire ‎create main risks, and necessities of the present regulation and legislation. ‎Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study and all score of items using a ‎checklist were conducted in 15 hospitals of the selected Hospitals of Tehran and ‎Tabriz. In this study numerous research activities performed such as recognizing ‎the collection of factors which‏ ‏presented in hospital facilities a hazardous type of ‎facilities in fires; checking hazardous places to fires in hospitals; discovering the ‎task of hospitals top management in regard hospitals facilities; understanding the ‎concept and meaning of management of fire risk as well as the task of fire safety ‎responsibles and inspections as a hazard reduction planning process to verify the ‎adherence of present hospitals to fire safety laws and regulations. Therefore, it ‎resulted in the improvement of a qualitative risk assessment of fire. Results: This article indicated that because of the combination of various risk ‎factors of hospitals, facilities are high-risk for occurrence of fire. Also, the fire risk ‎assessment performed 72 items including seven main partitions, containing exit ‎doors, fire doors, systems of fire protection, hazardous materials, electrical, ‎housekeeping and other cases. ‎Conclusion: This study showed better conception of the role of hospitals top ‎managers concerning facilities of working safe hospitals and it suggested remedial ‎actions for hospital managers to prevent the occurrence of fire and crisis. The ‎present research highlights the obedience of present hospitals to fire safety laws and ‎regulations to guarantee the least safety level for people in total of hospitals ‎properties. It helps to increase comprehend the potential risks and dangers existing ‎in hospitals‎‎.


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