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Case Analysis of Oil Fire Accidents

  • Crisisonomy
  • Abbr : KRCEM
  • 2014, 10(2), pp.133-155
  • Publisher : Crisis and Emergency Management: Theory and Praxis
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Policy > Public Policy in general

Chung, Yeong Jin 1 Jisun You 1 방두석 1

1강원대학교

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ABSTRACT

According to latest results by the National Emergency Management Agency(2007-2012), based on the National Fire Information System, it shows that oil fire is 2019 cases, accounting for 4.4% of all fire, causing casualties including 299 human lives and property damage estimated at 15,795,120 thousand won at an annual average, followed by 13.2% and 5.6% respectively. In this study, the cause and the process of oil fire accidents are investigated and measures for this accidents are proposed by classifying oil fire into oil tank fire, gas station·car fire, kitchen·stove fire and factory fire which are likely to break out and analyzing the examples of accidents. Compared to other fire Oil fire is rapidly expanding from the first and an explosion is a high risk to cause a large fire. Especially dealing with a large amount of oil in oil tank and plant showed a much more human and material damage. It is considered that these accidents are mostly caused by workers' neglecting of management, carelessness and static electricity or sparks by ignition. through safety education, we should make effort to prevent oil-caused conflagration by safety education enhancing people' awareness.

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