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It has been well acknowledged that fire accidents constitute severe risk of casualty and loss of lives. Even though the number of event and casualty resulted from fire accidents has been gradually decreased due to the corporate collective efforts by the civilians and government agencies, the fire hazards have been regarded as one of the major catastrophic threats in metropolitan areas in Taiwan. The study in the research was conducted to identify, collect, and analyze the potential hazardous factors regarding the public safety of high-rise buildings in Taoyuan, from which the results can be useful information for building safety inspection documentation and report management system by the related government administration agencies.
The findings of the study indicated that the most effective and critical escaping route starts with use of fire door via the corridor, smoke ventilation chamber, emergency exit, then to the escape stairways, and to the designated shelter floor or the top level of high-rise building, and eventually to reach the safe open ground. It should be noticed that, as revealed in the study results, more than 90% of the inspected high-rise buildings failed to satisfy requirements with regard to the safety features of the above mentioned critical escaping route in case of fire accidents in the study area.
The results of the study also suggested that educational and propaganda programs for general public regarding the safety of high-rise buildings should be enhanced by the local government. In addition, the inspection and double-check results report system should be improved and the “pass/fail” decoy should be posted for the purpose of public alarm and safety alert. Relevant penalty and/or fine should be imposed to emphasize the safety inspection procedure and report documentation in order to reduce the risk of casualties and loss of lives in the event of fire accidents.
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