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Analysis of the Characteristics of the Behaviour and Damaged Facilities of Pohang Forest Fires

  • Crisisonomy
  • Abbr : KRCEM
  • 2015, 11(1), pp.115-130
  • Publisher : Crisis and Emergency Management: Theory and Praxis
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Policy > Public Policy in general

염찬호 1 Lee Si Young 1 권춘근 1 박흥석 2

1강원대학교
2강원대학교 방재전문대학원

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ABSTRACT

This study, as a result of conducting a field research on the weather conditions, topographic characteristics, analysis of the characteristics of forest fire behaviour, and facilities’ damages, in order to analyze the characteristics of forest fire behaviors of the forest fire that occurred in the Pohang city area, Gyeongbuk on March 9th 2013, in purpose of providing basic resources for the method of inspecting forest fire safety in areas with key facilities in forests, found out that when a forest fire occurs, Pohang city has weather conditions of strong Southwestern winds, and the initial forest fire spreading speed was about 2.3km/hr at steep slopes over 30°. In the case of facilities damaged by a forest fire, the average distance with the forest was 2.7m which was fairly close with the forest, and while the facilities located at the valley front of the direction of the movement of the forest fire were investigated to be damaged due to direct transition and spotting fire, the material of the facilities such as sandwich panels, etc. were analyzed to have damage on the facilities.

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