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Effect of Human Behaviour in Shipboard Firefighting Decisions: The Case of Fire in Engine Rooms

Author(s) -

Karahalios Hristos

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of contingencies and crisis management

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.007

H-Index - 51

eISSN - 1468-5973

pISSN - 0966-0879

DOI - 10.1111/1468-5973.12149

Subject(s) - firefighting , engine room , context (archaeology) , analytic hierarchy process , contingency plan , engineering , aeronautics , forensic engineering , operations research , computer science , computer security , geography , mechanical engineering , cartography , archaeology

This study highlights the hazards associated with the development of a fire onboard a ship, with respect to the decision‐making alternatives of its captain. In this context, a risk assessment methodology is proposed, using the AHP method, to identify the expected hazards, caused by a fire in the engine room of a ship, as a part of a contingency planning. An analysis of 77 casualties, revealed that ships aged over 15 years and/or designed to carry RO‐RO cargoes, containers, or passengers, have a relatively high frequency of fire events in their engine rooms. Furthermore, the element of time was found to be a factor, which affects the human behaviour of the captain of a ship, as fire growths.

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