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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2018.32.5.057

Analysis of the Causes of Casualties of Jecheon Sports Center Fire - Focus on an Initial Response and Management -  

Lee, Eui-Pyeong (Dept. of Fire Safety Engineering, Jeonju University)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.32, no.5, 2018 , pp. 57-66 More about this Journal
Abstract
A sports center fire in Jecheon that caused 29 deaths and 40 injuries was analyzed based on initial response and management in order to investigate the causes of the casualties. The aspects of initial response included delay of reporting 119, not being guided to the exit for the body scrubber on the $2^{nd}$ floor for escape, opening the fire doors of the exits on the $1^{st}$ floor and $3^{rd}$ floor, not closing the fire door of the main stairs on the $3^{rd}$ floor, and not doing an emergency broadcast. The management aspects included closing the alarm valve of the sprinkler system on the $1^{st}$ floor, starting-stop of the fire pump controller, neglecting leakage of water and electricity between the false ceiling and ceiling in the parking lot, hiding the exit light in the ladies bathroom lounge on the $2^{nd}$ floor and piling up things in the exit, neglecting the button of an automatic door on the $2^{nd}$ floor, conventional fire safety management, insufficient inspection of fire equipment, and not working fire shutters and smoke exhaust windows.
Keywords
Jaecheon sports center fire; Fire investigation; Catastrophic fire; Fire case analysis;
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