The improvement possibilities of fire research activities connected to hydrocarbon processing accidents – Part 1

Abstract

Fire research activities are an important part of the complex system of disaster management; finding out causes of fires and the experience gained can effect fire prevention, industrial safety and the protection of citizens. The hypothesis of the authors is that the research of fire events happening during hydrocarbon processing requires to be looked at from a completely different point of view than the fire researches carried out in other areas of life. In the first part of the article series the authors examine the qualities of the Disaster Management Operational Service (“KMSZ” in the following) with a questionnaire survey. Analysing the fire cases and researches in connection with hydrocarbon processing they make suggestions for the development and training from the point of view of both the individual and the organisation.