Overview of Fire Prevention Technologies by Cause of Fire: Selection of Causes Based on Fire Statistics in the Republic of Korea

Every year, diverse types of safety accidents cause major damage to human life and property. In particular, failure to suppress safety accidents caused by fires during the early stages can lead to large-scale accidents, which in turn can cause more serious damage than other types of accident. Theref...

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Published inProcesses Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 244
Main Authors Lee, Hoon-Gi, Son, Ui-Nam, Je, Seung-Mo, Huh, Jun-Ho, Lee, Jae-Hun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2023
Subjects
Accident prevention
Accidents
Aircraft accidents & safety
Damage
Electric appliances
Electricity
Electricity distribution
Emergency response
Energy resources
Fatalities
Fire prevention
Fires
Fuel cells
Gas leaks
Hazardous materials
Internet of Things
Property damage
Reliability analysis
Research centers
Safety
Statistical analysis
Training
Trends
South Korea
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Summary:Every year, diverse types of safety accidents cause major damage to human life and property. In particular, failure to suppress safety accidents caused by fires during the early stages can lead to large-scale accidents, which in turn can cause more serious damage than other types of accident. Therefore, this paper presents an analysis of the prevailing research trends and future directions for research on preventing safety accidents due to fire. Since fire outbreaks can occur in many types of places, the study was conducted by selecting the places and causes involved in frequent fires, using fire data from Korea. As half of these fires were found to occur in buildings, this paper presents an analysis of the causes of building fires, and then focuses on three themes: fire prevention based on fire and gas detection; fire prevention in electrical appliances; and fire prevention for next-generation electricity. In the gas detection of the first theme, the gas referred to does not denote a specific gas, but rather to the gas used in each place. After an analysis of research trends for each issue related to fire prevention, future research directions are suggested on the basis of the findings. It is necessary to evaluate the risk, select a detection system, and improve its reliability in order to thoroughly prevent fires in the future. In addition, an active emergency response system should be developed by operating a fire prevention control system, and safety training should be developed after classifying the targets of the training targets appropriately.
ISSN:2227-9717
2227-9717
DOI:10.3390/pr11010244