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JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES
Volume 40, Issue -, Pages 554-562Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2016.01.026
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Simultaneous fires; Simulation analysis; Emergency response strategy; Counter-terrorism emergency
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In the field of hazardous chemicals, there are many flammable materials located in different places within an industrial area. It is possible that major fires occur at the same time due to terrorism or vandalism (i.e. a security point of view). These fires might lead to domino effects at different locations around. Whether the fire emergency response preparedness, which is organized to fight against one of the fires, can handle the multiple fires, is studied in this article and a Petri-net based simulation approach is proposed. Through Petri-net based simulation, the process of fire-fighting can be revealed. A model of fighting against three fires is established, and the strategies of fire fighters staffing arrangements are analyzed. The results show that in most cases the distribution according to fire severity is better than the average distribution, but in some conditions the average distribution strategy prevails. Different backup staffing strategies are also compared, and the results indicate that the improvement by increasing staffing backups also depends on the fire conditions. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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