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Volume 14, Issue 4 (Winter 2025)
Disaster Prev. Manag. Know. 2025, 14(4): 442-459 |
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kheirdast A, Jozi S A, Rezaian S, Mirza Ebrahim Tehrani M. The Fire Management Strategies for Worn-out Buildings With Fire Vulnerability Using the AʼWOT Analysis: A Case Study in the 19th District of Tehran, Iran. Disaster Prev. Manag. Know. 2025; 14 (4) :442-459
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1- Department of Environment, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2- Department of Environment, Shahrood Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran.
2- Department of Environment, Shahrood Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran.
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Background and objective In providing fire management strategies using international and integrated methods, no study has been conducted in district 19 of Tehran, Iran, so far. Therefore, this study aims to propose strategies for fire management and reducing the vulnerability of worn-out buildings in this district using the A’WOT analysis and Freeman’s stakeholder matrix.
Method This is a strategic and applied study. Participants included 20 crisis management experts and managers of the fire departments. The information was collected using interviews and brainstorming. The AʼWOT analysis, a hybrid analytic hierarchy process (AHP)-SWOT method, was used. After determining the internal factors (strength and weakness) and external factors (threat and opportunity), strategies were identified and ranked in a hierarchical manner. Freeman’s stakeholder matrix was used to present the strategic fire management plans. The sensitivity analysis was done using Expert choice software, version 11.
Results The final score obtained from the internal factor evaluation (IFE) and external factor evaluation (EFE) matrices showed that the strategies were offensive and competitive, respectively. Based on the evaluation of quantitative strategic planning, IFE, and EFE matrices, the strategic plans were finally ranked as follows: “the use of local expert forces familiar with the region” with a score of 5.22, “using movable conex boxes to command operations” with a score of 5.08 and “building new stations with advanced firefighting equipment” with a score of 4.96. Based on Freeman’s stakeholder matrix, the offensive strategies “building new fire stations with advanced firefighting equipment,” with a score of 107 and “visiting worn-out buildings and holding a maneuver to increase the personnel operational capacity” with a score of 98 were placed in the first and second ranks, respectively.
Conclusion By examining the weaknesses, strengths, opportunities, and threats in district 19 of Tehran, we presented strategies to reduce the fire vulnerability of worn-out buildings. The AʼWOT analysis is a proper scientific and operational method for fire management in worn-out buildings in this district. Freeman’s stakeholder matrix can be a suitable model for ranking fire management strategies. Based on this matrix, offensive strategies to manage the fires in the study area can be predicted and implemented.
Method This is a strategic and applied study. Participants included 20 crisis management experts and managers of the fire departments. The information was collected using interviews and brainstorming. The AʼWOT analysis, a hybrid analytic hierarchy process (AHP)-SWOT method, was used. After determining the internal factors (strength and weakness) and external factors (threat and opportunity), strategies were identified and ranked in a hierarchical manner. Freeman’s stakeholder matrix was used to present the strategic fire management plans. The sensitivity analysis was done using Expert choice software, version 11.
Results The final score obtained from the internal factor evaluation (IFE) and external factor evaluation (EFE) matrices showed that the strategies were offensive and competitive, respectively. Based on the evaluation of quantitative strategic planning, IFE, and EFE matrices, the strategic plans were finally ranked as follows: “the use of local expert forces familiar with the region” with a score of 5.22, “using movable conex boxes to command operations” with a score of 5.08 and “building new stations with advanced firefighting equipment” with a score of 4.96. Based on Freeman’s stakeholder matrix, the offensive strategies “building new fire stations with advanced firefighting equipment,” with a score of 107 and “visiting worn-out buildings and holding a maneuver to increase the personnel operational capacity” with a score of 98 were placed in the first and second ranks, respectively.
Conclusion By examining the weaknesses, strengths, opportunities, and threats in district 19 of Tehran, we presented strategies to reduce the fire vulnerability of worn-out buildings. The AʼWOT analysis is a proper scientific and operational method for fire management in worn-out buildings in this district. Freeman’s stakeholder matrix can be a suitable model for ranking fire management strategies. Based on this matrix, offensive strategies to manage the fires in the study area can be predicted and implemented.
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Received: 2024/03/28 | Accepted: 2024/05/13 | ePublished: 2025/02/28
Received: 2024/03/28 | Accepted: 2024/05/13 | ePublished: 2025/02/28
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