Preventive measures for fire-related injuries and their risk factors in residential buildings: a systematic review

Journal of Injury and Violence Research

Davoud Khorasani-Zavareh¹  Hosein Fallahzadeh²  Zahra Cheraghi³  Ali Ardalan⁴  Hamidreza Khankeh⁵  Khadijeh Nasiriani⁶  Mohammadreza Shokouhi⁷ 

[1] Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.;Department of Biostatics and Epidemiology, Research Center of Prevention and Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Disease, Faculty of Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.;Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.;Department of Health in Disaster and Emergencies, School of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences,Tehran, Iran.;Research Center in Emergency and Health, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.;School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.;a Department of Emergency & Disasters Health, Faculty of Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.;

关键词: Fires Residential;    buildings Preventive;    Fires;    Residential building;    Preventive measures;    Injury;   

DOI  :  10.5249/jivr.v11i1.1057

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract: Background: Every year, a large number of people lose their lives or become injured seriously as a result of fires. Fires in buildings pose a great threat to resident safety. The aim of this systematic review is to identify preventive measures for fire-related injuries in residential buildings, taking into account associated risk factors. Methods: In this study, a systematic review was performed of all studies conducted in the field of residential building fires, influencing factors and available safety procedures. From the earliest record up to 7 July 2017, databases of PubMed, Web of Science/Knowledge, and Scopus were searched and selected articles included in the study. Results: A total of 5,613 published articles were examined, of which 30 were finally found to meet the inclusion criteria. The findings of the study were included in two main groups of preventive measures and risk factors for residential building fires and related injuries. Regarding preventive measures, the factors to reduce the risk of fire-related injuries raised in the studies under review included rule amendments, changes and modification of the environment, behavior change such as emergency evacuation during fire occurrence, improvements to emergency medical services, and awareness-raising. Also, many of the studies showed that areas with a large number of young children, older people, people with physical and mental disabilities, alcohol and drug addicts, smokers, single-family households and low-income families were particularly at risk of fire-related injuries and deaths. Conclusions: There are features in residential buildings and attributes among residents that can be related to fire hazard and fire-related injuries and deaths. The most important point of this study is to focus on preventive strategies including environmental modification, promotion of safety rules and changes in risk behavior among residents. Policy makers should pay more attention to these important issues in order to promote safety and injury prevention in relation to building fires.

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