A Pilot Study of the Factors toward the Damage from Fire and Fire Prevention for Commercial Kitchen

碩士 === 國立臺北科技大學 === 土木與防災研究所 === 99 === Recently there are many fire events caused by carless cooking, especially in commercial kitchens. According to “Analysis for the factors of fire in business places during cooking” researched by Fire Research Section, Taipei City Fire Department in 2009, carel...

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Main Authors: Hsieh-Lung Lai, 賴協隆
Other Authors: 張寬勇
Format: Others
Language:zh-TW
Published: 2011
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/37sye7
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Summary:碩士 === 國立臺北科技大學 === 土木與防災研究所 === 99 === Recently there are many fire events caused by carless cooking, especially in commercial kitchens. According to “Analysis for the factors of fire in business places during cooking” researched by Fire Research Section, Taipei City Fire Department in 2009, careless cooking would be the top fourth factor for fire accident, and most of the cases were happened in business places which is about 55.9% of all. Furthermore, most of the fire accident cases in business places were because the woks got fire by high temperature frying, and the fire was extended from the tubes of range hoods. For the purpose of reducing the fire cases from commercial kitchens and protecting human lives and security, it has to improve the preservation and management in the public security of commercial kitchens with the economic consideration. This research is collecting the opinions from experts by having questionnaires and analysis it by Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for building the factors of fire accident from commercial kitchens. After having weighted to the factors, there are four main factors, which are: habit & management, devices & disposition in the kitchen, equipment for fire control, and structure for constructions, and habit & management is the most important factor. For improving the security, there are six main improvements, which are: having fire prevention manager system in advance; building up the system of using, managing, and maintaining the devices with fire, gas or electricity; cleaning up the tubes and range hoods regularly; having fire prevention drills for the stakeholders with their own mission and groups; avoiding careless using or having too high temp. woks that makes the fire by the hot oil; arranging the wires, cables, and plugs for avoiding the fire from the wires. The research result is able to be provided to relevant departments of government for having seminars to civilians in having the knowledge and ability of fire preventing. Also, it would be able to be provided to the government to revise the laws and regulations.