This study presents a Euclidean distance-based framework for optimizing the layout of urban
emergency rescue facilities. Traditional precinct-based (Type 1) and dynamic time-based …

Fire Service is the fundamental civic service to protect citizens from irrecoverable, heavy
losses of lives and property. Hotspot analysis of structure fires is essential to estimate people …

Identifying the regions with urban vulnerability to potential fire hazards is crucial for
designing effective risk mitigation and fire prevention strategies. The present study aims to …

The development and functional perfection of urban areas have led to increasingly severe
fire risks in recent decades. Previous urban fire risk assessment methods relied on …

Hydrogels are crosslinked polymers that become fully swollen when placed in aqueous
environments. They are widely used in the field of firefighting because they can remarkably …

The 1999 Chichi earthquake and Typhoon Morakot in 2009 caused two serious landslide
events in the Chishan river watershed in southern Taiwan. In this study, certainty factor …

The study aims to identify fire patterns in Mashhad, the second-most populous city in Iran,
between 2015 and 2019. Spatial scan statistics were utilized to determine the …

This study developed two prediction models for urban fire occurrence and related casualties
via a fire accident dataset from Seoul, South Korea, from 2017 to 2021. Our models exhibit …

Forests are essential in contributing to the continuity of the natural balance. Therefore, their
protection and sustainability are vital. However, all over the world, forest fires occur, and …

Fires in residential areas are one of the threats out of 13 disasters in Indonesia. Fires are
disasters based on their causes, classified as disasters caused by human negligence. This …