A Petri-net approach for firefighting force allocation analysis of fire emergency response with backups

Zhou, Jianfeng; Reniers, Genserik; Cozzani, Valerio

doi:10.1016/j.ress.2022.108847

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“…The quantity, scheduling, and allocation of emergency resources may influence an emergency response. Emergency resource allocation arranges the resources required for an emergency response in order to deal with unexpected events so that the emergency response process can be carried out efficiently [37]. Building fire emergencies are considered a high-risk domain for the significant loss of lives and property.…”

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Fire Safety Index for High-Rise Buildings in the Emirate of Sharjah, UAE

Omar

Mahmoud

Aziz

2023

Fire

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The purpose of this paper was to develop a fire index system for measuring the compliance of high-rise residential buildings with fire requirements in the Emirate of Sharjah, and also to develop an index system for measuring the fire response efficiency, which is linked the two indexes, and the higher the compliance rate, the greater chance of a successful response. The two systems depend on the automation of the firefighting system management processes using the techniques of the fourth industrial revolution, and they were developed based on consultation with subject matter experts in the field and used multiple methods, such as the analytic hierarchy process, failure mode effect, criticality analysis, and Delphi techniques. The main criteria of the indexes were identified as the fire risk assessment, fire suppression system, fire accident management, fire alarm system, fire extinguisher, employees, residents, service rooms, lifts, gas connections, waste, housekeeping, and evacuation facilities. Each main criterium was detailed in the sub-criteria and weighted to achieve the index for each sub-criteria based on the fire legislation in UAE, the fire response index (developed based on the high-rise building fire index), the category of the building in terms of floor numbers, and the distance between building and the fire station. The two index systems can contribute to improving emergency preparedness in high-rise residential buildings in the Emirate of Sharjah and are also considered as measurement indexes for compliance with fire requirements in the Emirate of Sharjah.

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Fire Safety Index for High-Rise Buildings in the Emirate of Sharjah, UAE

Omar

Mahmoud

Aziz

2023

Fire

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“…The quantity, scheduling, and allocation of emergency resources may influence emergency response. Emergency resource allocation is to arrange the resources required for emergency response in order to deal with unexpected events, so that the emergency response process can be carried out efficiently [8]. Building fire emergencies are considered a high-risk domain for significant loss of lives and property.…”

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Fire Index for High-Rise Buildings in the Emirate of Sharjah, UAE

Omar¹,

MAHMOUD²,

AZIZ³

2022

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The purpose of this paper is to develop an index system for measuring the compliance of high-rise residential buildings with fire requirements and also to develop an index system for measuring the fire response efficiency, which is linked to the index of compliance with fire requirements. The higher the compliance rate, the greater the chance of a successful response. The two systems de-pend on the automation of the firefighting system management processes using the techniques of the fourth industrial revolution and developed based on the consultation of subject matter experts in the field. The main elements of the indexes were identified, which were based mainly on several variables, including the fire administrative system, the firefighting system, the residents, the loca-tion of the high-rise residential buildings from the fire extinguishing station, and the height of the high-rise residential building. The two systems can contribute to improving emergency prepared-ness in high-rise residential buildings in the Emirate of Sharjah and are also considered as a measurement index for compliance with fire requirements in the Emirate of Sharjah.

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“…To address the drawbacks of the aforementioned studies, some researchers have proposed that domino effect modelling and risk assessment methodologies can be combined with decision making and optimization techniques to determine more effective firefighting strategies. In this regard, Zhou et al [18][19][20] developed methodologies based on event sequence diagrams and Petri nets to increase the efficiency of firefighting schedules (deployment times) rather than identifying firefighting strategies (i.e., which tanks to be included in the firefighting plan).…”

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A graph‐based optimization methodology for identifying firefighting strategies aimed at domino effects

Khakzad,

Salzano,

Amyotte

2024

Can J Chem Eng

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Firefighting strategies at process plants would include simultaneous extinguishment of burning units and cooling of exposed units if firefighting resources are sufficient. This way, the fire can be contained and its propagation to the exposed units can be prevented, which would otherwise cause fire escalation and result in domino effects. However, when the firefighting resources are not sufficient to handle all the critical units—either burning or exposed—at once, firefighters need to decide which burning units to suppress first and which exposed units to cool first to minimize the risks. Making effective decisions in such situations becomes critical knowing that, by spreading the fire to adjacent units, the number of critical units grows exponentially, making the available firefighting resources even more insufficient. In the present study, after modelling fire spread in a tank terminal as a directed graph, closeness centrality—a graph centrality metric—is used to identify the critical units from the viewpoint of their contribution to potential domino effects. Knowing the critical units and considering available firefighting resources for suppression and cooling of these units, mathematical programming is applied for optimal allocation of firefighting resources. A comparison between the results of the present work and previous studies shows the effectiveness of the developed methodology.

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A Petri-net approach for firefighting force allocation analysis of fire emergency response with backups

Cited by 15 publications

References 53 publications

Fire Safety Index for High-Rise Buildings in the Emirate of Sharjah, UAE

Fire Safety Index for High-Rise Buildings in the Emirate of Sharjah, UAE

Fire Index for High-Rise Buildings in the Emirate of Sharjah, UAE

A graph‐based optimization methodology for identifying firefighting strategies aimed at domino effects

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