This study aim is to find the optimal location form backup land uses from the perspective of passive defense in Urmia City. This is an applied, descriptive, and analytical study. Data collection was done using documentary data, a field study, and a questionnaire. Participants were 10 experts in this subject, who were selected purposefully. Using the analytic network process (ANP), a dynamic and...

One of the effective items to reduce time for arriving fire fighters to place of event is determining the optimal location of fire stations. Ranking can define the best location of a fire station through the available options. The case of this study is the district ten of Tehran municipality. That is the smallest district of Tehran municipality in terms of size and is highest in terms of densit...

Drought is one of the main and significant factors that increase the potential risk of fire in forests and rangelands. This study was conducted to assess the potential of a soil-moisture index called Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) for mapping fire risk in the forests and rangelands of Isfahan province using daily climate data in 2006- 2010 period. KBDI is a drought/fire index that ranges fro...

Firefighters and fire victims are exposed to different particles of fire smoke and high temperature of the fire. In order to evaluate pulmonary complaints and function test, 120 firefighters were randomly chosen from different stations and were studied by questionnaire and spirometry. They were then compared with medical college personnels who were not significantly different from t...

  Background and a ims: Subway system including infrastructure systems in the transportation industry can potentially exposed to fire, flood, earthquake and similar events and could create catastrophic losses to society. Therefore, this study aims to assess the risk of fire in Tehran subway stations (line 1).   Methods: Inperforming this research, after the identifying the fire hazard resources...