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According to the statistic data in fire disasters from the National Fire Agency of Taiwan, residential fire rates are the highest, and the functionality of the residential fire-fighting equipment is directly connected to people’s life and property safety. As result of that, it turns into a major issue when it comes to maintenance in the face of the diversity of increasing fire-fighting equipment. This study attempts to collect the reporting documents of fire maintenance in Taipei City from 2010 to 2012, and study the possible types and factors which may cause to the faulty fire-fighting equipment. Based on the risk assessment and risk management tools, it conducts the risk assessments and controls, to explore the risk control strategies and corresponding actions. The study is constrained to conduct research only in the areas of Wanhua District, Beitou District, Neihu District and Datong District in Taipei City. The results show that the corresponding risk levels of these four districts are H12, H15, H9 and M6, respectively, indicating that the equipment needed to be repaired and checked immediately. Through applying the analyze of risk-aware strategies, in Case 1, Wanhua District, it shows that the risk factors are identified as common functional faults in the fire-fighting equipment so that regular checks and repairs by profession personnel are recommended; in Case 2, Beitou District, the main factors were caused by the geographical features, it is thus recommended to enhance the duration of fire-fighting equipment; in terms of Case 3, Neihu District,it is generally caused by interior design planning, thus the verification system of the interior design planning should be implemented to reduce level of risk factor; in Case 4 ,Datong District, the factors belong to visible (appearance) faults, which can be improved by enhancing the equipment maintenance by the profession personnel, and based on the characteristic of different districts, thereby providing corresponding management strategies against fire-fighting equipment. In view of that, it result in an acceptable level (M4=verification needed and L2=acceptable) due to reducing the possibility of risk factors (below 50%). The future study will focus on process evaluation and management profession division. The contribution of this study is to provide guidelines for the corresponding authorities in the area of fire-fighting equipment management. It also aims to benefit commonwealth by reducing the possibility of faulty fire-fighting equipment, which may cause to the loss of people’s life and property.
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