Accident Cause Analysis and Evacuation Countermeasures on the High-Rise Building Fires

In recent years, the number of high-rise building fire keeps high and the fires are threatening the people's lives and properties seriously. According to current situation on the high-rise building fires, the fire accident was deduced and analyzed using the accident tree analysis method and the principal theory of safety system engineering; the primary causes of fire accident were showed in detail, the important degree of the basic incidents were arranged. Based on the result, the countermeasures were explained from technology and management methods, which provide a security for the high-rise building fires. Moreover, the fire evacuation is discussed when the fires in the high-rise building happen. Lastly, the stairs and elevator evacuation model is proposed. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of the Capital University of Economics and Business, China Academy of Safety Science and Technology.