Generalized analysis of regional fire risk using data visualization of incidents. (8th April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Dingli; Xu, Zhisheng; Fan, Chuangang
• Is Part Of: Fire and materials. Volume 43:Number 4(2019)
• Page Start: 413
• Page End: 421
• Publication Date: 2019-04-08
• Subjects: data visualization -- fire incident -- generalized risk model -- regional fire risk; Fire-testing -- Periodicals; Fire -- Periodicals; Materials -- Periodicals; 620.11217
• DOI: 10.1002/fam.2713
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0308-0501

Abstract

Summary: Fire has been a worldwide disaster, and it is important to analyze regional fire risk for better fire prevention. Regional fire risk can be generally analyzed by using data visualization of fire incidents. A dataset of 20 622 fire incidents in Changsha City of China from 2011 to 2017 was processed and filtered as the origin risk points. Then, a generalized risk model (GRM) was established for calculating fire risk values of anywhere in Changsha. By using JavaScript and HTML5, the generalized fire risk graphics were drawn based on mapping different fire risk values with different colors. For visualizing fire incidents, the inner and outer generalization radiuses of the origin risk point were set to be 1 (110 m) and 10 (1100 m), respectively. It was found that the high and medium fire risk areas were mainly distributed in urban areas and market towns, especially in central city. The spatial distribution characteristics of fire risk of different time ranges and different causes were significantly varied. The results can provide guidance of fire prevention for the fire department in Changsha. Other cities' regional fire risk and even other types of disaster risk can also be generally analyzed using GRM.