Urban Environment and People’s Perception on Risk Reduction in Fire Related Hazards in Srinagar City

ASHIQ HUSSAIN RATHER; JAVEED AHMAD RATHER

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i06.11279

Urban Environment and People’s Perception on Risk Reduction in Fire Related Hazards in Srinagar City

Author(s)	ASHIQ HUSSAIN RATHER, JAVEED AHMAD RATHER
Country	India
Abstract	This study aims to understand people’s risk perception to environmental hazards especially that of fires in context to an urban area. The fire is one of the major disasters in an urban environment but evidence of the effectiveness of education interventions against fire risks is limited. Fires start in three main ways i.e. accidents (misuse of appliances), deliberate ignition and equipment failure (electrical malfunction) and produce smoke and toxic gases which could be extremely fatal to those exposed to it hence the need for prevention and protection from spreading fires by delaying ignition period to allow people more time to escape and for the fire brigade to arrive at the incident. Urban disasters especially fires have tended to receive a baffling lack of response from aid agencies indicating major gaps in urban preparedness. Srinagar city is faced with inadequacy in responding to fire disasters of high magnitude and rescue teams have failed in many of the occasions to live up to expectations. The study area (Srinagar City, J & K) which is urban in nature and character has recorded highest number of fire incidents in last so many years, claiming dozens of lives and damaging property worth crores. The present study is an attempt to assess the people’s risk perception to fire hazards and their prevention, mitigation and preparedness measures in residential, commercial, educational and health related buildings. For this purpose both primary as well as secondary data has been used. The overall scenario reveals that the perception of selected respondents gives a very poor result, as more than 40 % of them either have no knowledge about the fire fighting equipment or lack their use during fire incidents. Factor identification has been done on prior knowledge upon which emphasis was on people’s perception, preparedness and mitigation measures adopted by different stakeholders.
Keywords	Risk perception; Risk Reduction, Hazard Assessment; Preparedness; Mitigation; Urban Environment.
Published In	Volume 5, Issue 6, November-December 2023
Published On	2023-12-28
Cite This	Urban Environment and People’s Perception on Risk Reduction in Fire Related Hazards in Srinagar City - ASHIQ HUSSAIN RATHER, JAVEED AHMAD RATHER - IJFMR Volume 5, Issue 6, November-December 2023. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i06.11279
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i06.11279
Short DOI	https://doi.org/gtbtgv

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