Spatio-temporal patterns of intentional fires, social stress and socio-economic determinants: A case study of Malmö, Sweden

Guldåker, Nicklas; Hallin, Per-Olof

doi:10.1016/j.firesaf.2014.08.015

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“…Corcoran et al [12] examined the impact of calendar events (e.g., public and school holidays and major sports events) and found that fire incidents would significantly increase during school holidays. Guldåker and Hallin [13] found that living conditions and socioeconomic stress can greatly affect the spatiotemporal patterns of intentional fires. So far, most of the existing work on urban fires, however, has focused on the cases in developed countries, such as the UK [7,9,11,12], Canada [10], Australia [11] and Sweden [13].…”

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Exploring Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Urban Fires: A Case of Nanjing, China

Zhang

Yao

Siła-Nowicka

2018

IJGI

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Urban fire occurs within the built environment, usually involving casualties and economic losses, and affects individuals and socioeconomic activities in the surrounding neighborhoods. A good understanding of the spatiotemporal dynamics of fire incidents can offer insights into potential determinants of various fire events, therefore enabling better fire risk estimation which can assist with future allocation of prevention resources and strategic planning of mitigation programs. Using a twelve-year (2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013) dataset containing the urban fire events in Nanjing, China, this research explores the spatiotemporal dynamics of urban fires using a range of exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA) approaches. Of particular interest here are the fire incidents involving residential properties and local facilities due to their relatively higher occurrence frequencies. The results indicate that the overall amount of urban fires has greatly increased in the last decade and the spatiotemporal distribution of fire events varies among different incident types. The identified spatiotemporal patterns of urban fires in Nanjing can be linked to the urban development strategies and how they have been reflected in reality in recent years.

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Exploring Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Urban Fires: A Case of Nanjing, China

Zhang

Yao

Siła-Nowicka

2018

IJGI

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“…The efforts to prevent fire in the residential areas are influenced by the social conditions of the community and the index living condition (ILC). This was mentioned by Niklas Guldaker [7] for the Malmo Sweden study case. Lopes and Hao [8,9] state that the mitigation of fire is a joint effort between the community and the government as the decision-maker for public policies.…”

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Repair of The Bracket and Clutch Mechanism On Centrifugal Pump For Firefighter Motorcycle

Triyono

Hadi

2018

MATEC Web Conf.

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An addition of centrifugal pump on the engine of automatic motorcycles is expected to become one of the solutions for fire incidents in densely populated areas in big cities. Many cases of fire-related incidents have not been handled properly due to limitations of access for fire engines such as narrow alleys. The effectiveness of the centrifugal pump for firefighter motorcycles is determined by the optimum function of the pump performance according to the desired specification. The repair of the brackets and the clutch mechanism for the pump in the engine of automatic motorcycles may assist to the full effectiveness of the pump. The repair is based on the stability of the number of cycle on the centrifugal pump during the cycle of the motorcycle engine without any load. There is no disruption to the motorcycle cruise control or an increase of load due to the addition of centrifugal pump in the motorcycle’s engine. By using the magnetic clutch which uses the electrical energy in the connection and disconnection of the joint, this model will be useful since it does not disrupt the motorcycle cruise performance and does not add an extra load to the motorcycle torso.

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“…This leads to potential contributions of this study for further research, that is, assisting with (1) hypothesis formulation with respect to the factors associated with urban fires and (2) future fire and rescue management and planning. For instance, it might be of interest to investigate why there is a descending trend of urban fires during 2004-2008, and why the year 2008 had the lowest number of fire events and whether it was affected by aforementioned factors like weather and enhanced monitoring due to big events (e.g., [5][6][7]). Additionally, as pointed by [10], the intensifying and persistent fire hot spots in the city proper, particularly for the dwelling fire, might be related to the concentration of old residential buildings that lack fire safety devices.…”

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Urban Fire Dynamics and Its Association with Urban Growth: Evidence from Nanjing, China

Zhang

Yao

Siła-Nowicka

et al. 2020

IJGI

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Many Chinese cities currently are facing increased urban fire risks particularly at places such as urban villages, high-rise buildings and large warehouses. Using a unique historical fire incident dataset (2002–2013), this paper is intended to explore the urban fire dynamics and its association with urban growth in Nanjing, China, with a geographical information system (GIS)-based spatial analytics and remote sensing (RS) techniques. A new method is proposed to define a range of fire hot spots characterizing different phases of fire incident evolution, which are compared with the urban growth in the same periods. The results suggest that the fire events have been largely concentrated in the city proper and meanwhile expanding towards the suburbs, which has a similar temporal trend to the growth of population and urban land at the city level particularly since 2008. Most intensifying and persistent fire hot spots are found in the central districts, which have limited urban expansion but high population densities. Most new hot spots are located in the suburban districts, which have seen both rapid population growth and urban expansion in recent years. However, the analysis at a finer spatial scale (500 m × 500 m) shows no evidences of an explicit connection between the locations of new fire hot spots and recently developed urban land. The findings can inform future urban and emergency planning with respect to the deployment of fire and rescue resources, ultimately improving urban fire safety.

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Spatio-temporal patterns of intentional fires, social stress and socio-economic determinants: A case study of Malmö, Sweden

Cited by 37 publications

References 30 publications

Exploring Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Urban Fires: A Case of Nanjing, China

Exploring Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Urban Fires: A Case of Nanjing, China

Repair of The Bracket and Clutch Mechanism On Centrifugal Pump For Firefighter Motorcycle

Urban Fire Dynamics and Its Association with Urban Growth: Evidence from Nanjing, China

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