Analyzing the Risk of Fire in a Hospital Complex by “Fire Risk Assessment Method for Engineering”(FRAME)
Aims The occurrence of fire in residential buildings, commercial complexes and large and small industries cause physical, environmental and financial damages to many different communities. Fire safety in hospitals is sensitive and it is believed that the society takes the responsibility to care s...
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| author | Sarsangi V.* MSc, Saberi H.R.1 PhD, Malakutikhah M.1 BSc, Sadeghnia M.1 BSc, Rahimizadeh A.2 MSc, Aboee Mehrizi E.3 MSc |
| author_facet | Sarsangi V.* MSc, Saberi H.R.1 PhD, Malakutikhah M.1 BSc, Sadeghnia M.1 BSc, Rahimizadeh A.2 MSc, Aboee Mehrizi E.3 MSc |
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| description | Aims The occurrence of fire in residential buildings, commercial complexes and large and
small industries cause physical, environmental and financial damages to many different
communities. Fire safety in hospitals is sensitive and it is believed that the society takes the
responsibility to care sick people. The goal of this study was to use Fire Risk Assessment
Method for Engineering (FRAME) in a hospital complex environment and assess the level of
fire risks.
Materials & Methods This descriptive study was conducted in Kashan Shahid Beheshti
hospital in 2013. The FRAME is designed based on the empirical and scientific knowledge
and experiment and have acceptable reliability for assessing the building fire risk. Excel
software was used to calculate the risk level and finally fire risk (R) was calculated separately
for different units.
Findings Calculated Rs were less than 1for health, autoclave, office of nursing and infection
control units. R1s were greater than 1 for all units. R2s were less than 1 for office of nursing
and infection control units.
Conclusion FRAME is an acceptable tool for assessing the risk of fire in buildings and the fire
risk is high in Shahid Beheshti Hospital Complex of Kashan and damages can be intolerable
in the case of fire. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2814d035cd814948a971700fb807bb472023-10-02T03:37:29ZengKashan University of Medical SciencesInternational Archives of Health Sciences2383-25682016-08-0111913Analyzing the Risk of Fire in a Hospital Complex by “Fire Risk Assessment Method for Engineering”(FRAME)Sarsangi V.* MSc,0Saberi H.R.1 PhD,1Malakutikhah M.1 BSc,2Sadeghnia M.1 BSc,3Rahimizadeh A.2 MSc,4Aboee Mehrizi E.3 MSc5*“Occupational Health Engineering Department, Health Faculty” and “Social Determinants of Health Research Center”, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran1“Occupational Health Engineering Department, Health Faculty” and “Social Determinants of Health Research Center”, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran1“Occupational Health Engineering Department, Health Faculty” and “Social Determinants of Health Research Center”, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran1“Occupational Health Engineering Department, Health Faculty” and “Social Determinants of Health Research Center”, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran2Social Determinants of Health Promotion Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran3Environment Health Engineering Department, Health Faculty, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, IranAims The occurrence of fire in residential buildings, commercial complexes and large and small industries cause physical, environmental and financial damages to many different communities. Fire safety in hospitals is sensitive and it is believed that the society takes the responsibility to care sick people. The goal of this study was to use Fire Risk Assessment Method for Engineering (FRAME) in a hospital complex environment and assess the level of fire risks. Materials & Methods This descriptive study was conducted in Kashan Shahid Beheshti hospital in 2013. The FRAME is designed based on the empirical and scientific knowledge and experiment and have acceptable reliability for assessing the building fire risk. Excel software was used to calculate the risk level and finally fire risk (R) was calculated separately for different units. Findings Calculated Rs were less than 1for health, autoclave, office of nursing and infection control units. R1s were greater than 1 for all units. R2s were less than 1 for office of nursing and infection control units. Conclusion FRAME is an acceptable tool for assessing the risk of fire in buildings and the fire risk is high in Shahid Beheshti Hospital Complex of Kashan and damages can be intolerable in the case of fire.http://iahs.kaums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_id=27&sid=1&slc_lang=enFires; Fire Extinguishing Systems; Risk Assessment; Hospitals; Risk . Reduction Behavior |
| spellingShingle | Sarsangi V.* MSc, Saberi H.R.1 PhD, Malakutikhah M.1 BSc, Sadeghnia M.1 BSc, Rahimizadeh A.2 MSc, Aboee Mehrizi E.3 MSc Analyzing the Risk of Fire in a Hospital Complex by “Fire Risk Assessment Method for Engineering”(FRAME) International Archives of Health Sciences Fires; Fire Extinguishing Systems; Risk Assessment; Hospitals; Risk . Reduction Behavior |
| title | Analyzing the Risk of Fire in a Hospital Complex by “Fire Risk Assessment Method for Engineering”(FRAME) |
| title_full | Analyzing the Risk of Fire in a Hospital Complex by “Fire Risk Assessment Method for Engineering”(FRAME) |
| title_fullStr | Analyzing the Risk of Fire in a Hospital Complex by “Fire Risk Assessment Method for Engineering”(FRAME) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analyzing the Risk of Fire in a Hospital Complex by “Fire Risk Assessment Method for Engineering”(FRAME) |
| title_short | Analyzing the Risk of Fire in a Hospital Complex by “Fire Risk Assessment Method for Engineering”(FRAME) |
| title_sort | analyzing the risk of fire in a hospital complex by fire risk assessment method for engineering frame |
| topic | Fires; Fire Extinguishing Systems; Risk Assessment; Hospitals; Risk . Reduction Behavior |
| url | http://iahs.kaums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_id=27&sid=1&slc_lang=en |
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