Fire Comments: Why is the better the equipment the better the hospital fire field losses?

This article was written in December 2011, December 9, 2011, Kolkata, India hospital fire death toll 91 people, most of them ill. At the time of the fire, there were about 160 patients in the 5 -storey hospital . Initial investigations revealed that the fire was in the basement of the hospital and the fire spread rapidly. Heavy smoke quickly swallowed the hospital building. Most patients died of suffocating smoke.

Recently, there has been a major disaster in India. A fire broke out in the “best hospital” in the important city of Calcutta. Of the 160 people on the scene , the death toll has reached 93 , which can be called a major disaster. Let us now take a look at the lessons.

My understanding of Calcutta was that Ye Mingyu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, was imprisoned after he was captured in the seven years of Xianfeng. The attitude of “Fighting No Peace, Not Observing Peace, Not Falling, Not Walking” (another form of “maintaining stability”) held by Ye Mingyi can be found everywhere in today’s Chinese society. For example, he firmly believes that “let the leaders go first,” and always refuses.” "Reversal of the case," those who do not want to investigate the truth. Unfortunately, about half of the people in Chinese society hold this attitude, which is based on the results of a recent survey conducted by Tencent.com. If people hold such an attitude, what scientific arguments are not acceptable and they only play on the cow. This is a digression.

According to the report, we can see a lot of problems, here we repeat the following:

Local time 3:30, AMRI hospital basement storage of medical supplies suddenly caught fire, the fire was first discovered in the early hawkers quickly went to the front of the hospital, and to remind mad knock the door into the rescue, but it was a strong security hospital prevent. The security guard said: "The fire is not big. We can handle it by ourselves. Whoever you want to rush in, we will fight!" However, in less than 10 minutes, the dense black smoke devoured the entire hospital and it was the best time to evacuate the patient. .

Satyablata Upadhai, associate dean of AMRI Hospital , said on the 10th that within five to 10 minutes of the onset of fire , the hospital dialed the fire and the police call, and the police rushed to the scene within 5 minutes. Hundreds of patients and relatives who heard the news came face to face with the police. The seven -storey ward was incapable of action. When neighbouring residents moved to the two- and three-story wards to rescue them, they were stopped by the hospital.

About 1 hour after the fire broke out, the chief minister of West Bengal, Mamata Benaji, quickly arrived at the scene, but it caused more anger among relatives and people on the scene of hundreds of patients, which almost led to the occurrence of collective stampede. The riot police had to use sticks to dispel angry people. A relative of the patient confronting the police shouted indignantly: “You let the chief minister go and her car is blocking the way to the ambulance.”

About an hour later, the fire trucks in Calcutta finally arrived in a hurry. However, people on the scene found that firefighters did not wear anti-smoking masks or ladders that dealt with high-level fires. It is even more difficult for the sick relatives to accept that the firefighters do not have professional lifting tools. They actually dangle the bodies of the victims with bed sheets and ropes and fall downstairs!

In response, the fire officer in Calcutta explained that because the nearby blocks were too narrow, the fire engines did not get through. Eventually, the doors of several quarters were broken and they arrived at the scene. As for poor equipment, the fire brigade cannot be blamed: "We have not applied for the funds for updating fire-fighting equipment for several years, especially how to deal with fires in high-rise buildings."

In desperation, nearby residents and relatives had to move to the wooden ladder to participate in the rescue. The patient’s family, Pradeep Sakar, said that his uncle had only escaped from the flames with the help of volunteers.

By 9 o'clock on the 9th , the fire was controlled. In the middle of the night of the 9th , the confusing AMRI hospital has suddenly become a large mortuary. The remains of the victims are arranged in rows waiting for the parties to do DNA identification and autopsy. Many patients' relatives are still searching for the whereabouts of their loved ones. .

Therefore, we can see the following fire problems:

1. Problems in the alarm link: It was found that the parties refused to accredit, resulting in delays in the alarm;

2. Insufficient investment in firefighting: Delays in attendance are even greater than in Karamay. The fire brigade is the last great wall of a group disaster. If a group disaster occurs, 100% of the reasons are that the firefighting investment is insufficient.

3. Inadequate training, doctors are also people, need emergency shelter. "Fan Run" is an excuse and scapegoat for the parties concerned to refrain from taking responsibility. It is an ulterior motive. The people who save people are also humans. We can't push them into the fire as they are animals. Of course, training is another matter.

4. High-rise buildings, the hazard of the spread of smoke;

5. High-rise buildings, inconvenience for escape rescue;

6. Inadequate firefighting planning results in the inaccessibility of fire engines. This is also a problem with the Hengyang fire and the Dehui fire.

7. Hospital environment, critically ill patients, obstacles to escape, need to be saved.

8. Dealing with misconduct, causing group anger, indirectly lead to poor relief.

9. Renovation: The function of the basement was originally designed as an underground parking lot, which was changed into a storage room by the hospital and stored a large number of flammable items.

10. Self-help problem: The private hospital did not deploy enough fire-fighting facilities as required, plus there were more flammable items in the hospital and the fire was out of control. The fire department believes that the hospital lacks adequate fire prevention facilities and emergency evacuation mechanisms.

Then, why is the better the equipment the better the hospital fire field losses?

1. A well- equipped hospital usually closes the space to conserve energy (reduces operating costs), resulting in the inability of the fire energy to dissipate and increase the spread of the disaster, such as the Shanghai Baosteel Hospital fire;

2. High-rise buildings with integrated air-conditioning are often unable to dissipate smoke and bring a lot of smoke poisoning effects. Such as the American MGM hotel fire.

3. Well-equipped hospitals often pile up debris in the basement, causing the entire building to accumulate above the high risk of combustibles. For example, the Our Lady of Angels primary school fire in the United States originated near the basement waste incinerator.

4. There are many hospitals with good equipment. People are more likely to panic and panic causes jumps, such as the domestic Liaoyuan Hospital.

What is the development trend of the hospital in the future?

Unfortunately, the equipment is getting better and better, the degree of closure is getting higher and higher, and the problem of escape is becoming more and more important, leading to more and more investment. Recently, in order to cope with the rise of China, the United States has madly expanded military preparations at the Guam military base. One of the investments is a field hospital. The total investment of several billion US dollars, of which fire and escape design is extremely complicated, this is the specifics of fire engineering. practice. The United States hospital fire escape design truly reflects the people-oriented principle of escape.

Author: Ma Ting light.