A study on Fire Case and Countermeasure of Tourist Hotel

관광호텔의 화재손해 위험관리방안 - 화재발생현황과 대형화재사례 분석 중심

  • Published : 2012.12.30

Abstract

Tourist hotels are equipped with facilities such as accommodation and restaurants, exercise, recreation. Unspecified guests, visitors and management of tourist hotels are very vulnerable on the casualties and property losses due to fire peril exist. In this study, we analysis that the fire statistics status of tourist hotels from 2001 to 2010. And the 15 cases of a large hotel fire are reviewed. The total number of fires on hotel are consist of a hotel rooms fire(33.2%), a restaurant kitchen fire(11.8%). And the major causes of the fire are an electrical fire (40.8%), a cigarette fire (14.5%) and a hot-work fire (9.2%). In case study, the fire wall defect and combustible materials are major fire loss causes for 10year. Each tourist hotels are needed a development of suitable fire risk management and a field operations. A hotel is required an active fire risk management on a preventive inspection, an education and training, and a preventive maintenance. It is necessary that a fire wall maintenance to prevent of the spread of a fire and a sprinkler installation of whole area to protect fire. And it is very important an emergency response for evacuation of guest, and operate emergency procedures on a fire or emergency situation.

관광호텔은 숙박과 음식점, 운동, 휴양 등의 부대시설을 함께 갖춘 불특정 이용객과 투숙객 이 많은 복합시설로서 화재발생에 따른 인명피해와 재산손실에 매우 취약한 위험이 상존하는 시설이다. 본 연구에서는 관광호텔의 화재발생 현황에 대한 2001년부터 2010년까지 10 년간의 화재통계분석과 대형 호텔화재사례 15건을 분석하였다. 화재발생 장소는 호텔 객실 (33.2%)과 음식점 주방(11.8%)가 주요 발생장소이며 주요 화재원인인 전기화재(40.8%), 담배화재(14.5%), 용접 등 화기작업(9.2%) 등으로 나타났다. 또한 화재사례연구에서는 방화구획설치 및 관리 불량, 가연내장재 사용 등이 연구기간 동안 반복적으로 모든 사례에서 나타나서 주요 화재위험으로 분석되었다. 관광호텔은 이러한 화재위험의 특성에 따라 적합한 방화위험관리의 개발과 현장 운영이 필요하다. 예방점검, 사용자 교육 및 훈련, 투숙객의 화재예방안내 등의 적극적 예방관리가 필요하다. 또한 화재의 연소확대를 차단하기 위한 방화구획의 관리, 스프링클러 등의 자동소화설비를 설치가 필요하며, 가연성 물질의 사용 을 자제하여야 하고, 투숙객 피난 안전에 대한 신속한 조치, 비상절차 등과 관련된 비상대응규정의 운용이 매우 중요하다.

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