Cause Analysis and Improvement Suggestion for Fire Accident in Traditional Market Based on Disaster Scientific Investigation Technology

Abstract

There are many kind of weakness for fire accident such as high density and deterioration of buildings and flammable construction materials in traditional market. Because of these weaknesses, flashover phenomena can be easily spread to other spaces, and then damage might be large. The objective of this study is to investigate the disaster cause in case of the fire accident in Yeo-Su traditional market using cause analysis method. The causal analysis tree based on the classification scheme (MEPS) of the disaster cause suggested by NDMI was used to investigate the cause of fire accident in Yeo-Su traditional market. The direct and indirect cause, cause of the expansion damage were classified, and then we suggested three improvement suggestion. We expected that they can prevent and protect from same or similar disaster if they will be apply to the government policy. Keywords: Fire Accident, Traditional Market, Cause Analysis, Disaster Scientific Investigation