Russian Federation
The article is devoted to the problem of ensuring fire safety in nursing homes and disabled people. The documentation in the field of fire safety was analyzed, the building was also modeled, calculations were made, and the fire safety of the protected object was assessed. Based on the work carried out, recommendations were proposed to improve fire safety for the protected object.
fire, fire risk, fire hazards, fire safety, nursing homes and disabled people
1. Eggert E., Huss F. Medical and biological factors affecting mortality in elderly residential fire victims: a narrative review of the literature // Scars Burn Heal. 2017.
2. Harpur A.P., Boyce K.E., McConnell N.C. An investigation into the circumstances surrounding elderly dwelling fire fatalities and the barriers to implementing fire safety strategies among this group // Fire Safety Science. 2014.
3. Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia Department of Supervisory Activities and Preventive Work. Analysis of the situation with fires and their consequences on the territory of the Russian Federation for 9 months of 2021. URL: http://mchs.gov.ru/urloads/resource/2021-11-01/11-statistical data_1635768 651911545997 (date of access: 01.12.2022).
4. Ehrlich A.R., Bak R.Y., Wald-Cagan P. Risk factors for fires and burns in homebound, urban elderly // J. Burn Care Res. 2008.
5. Konovalova K.A. Measures to ensure the fire safety of nursing homes and disabled people: final qualification work. SPb.: S.-Petersb. polytechnic un-t, 2022.
6. Shields WC, Perry EC, Szanton SL. Knowledge prevention and injury practices in homes of older adults // Geriatr Nurs. 2013.
7. Mashoshchin A.V., Kazakov A.A., Russkikh D.V. Fire safety of a nursing home for the elderly and disabled // Fire safety: problems and prospects. 2018.
8. Margo Karemaker Elderly about home fire safety: A qualitative study into home fire safety knowledge and behavior // Fire Safety Journal.2021.
9. On approval of the methodology for determining the calculated values of fire risk in buildings, structures and structures of various classes of functional fire hazard: order of EMERCOM of Russia dated June 30, 2009, № 382 (date of access: 01.12.2022).
10. Semin A.A., Fomin A.M., Kholshchevnikov V.V. The problem of organizing the safe evacuation of patients in medical institutions in case of fire. Pozharovzryvobezopasnost. 2018. P. 74-88.
11. Egress from a hospital ward during fire emergency / A. D'Orazio [et al.] // International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering. 2020.
12. Perception and recollection of fire hazards in dwelling fires / L.M. Hulse [et al.] // Safety Science. 2020.
