Investigation of Lab Fire Prevention Management System of Combining Root Cause Analysis and Analytic Hierarchy Process with Event Tree Analysis

Table 6

Relative priorities of the selection criteria of the prevention strategies.

Main criterion	Local priority	Subcriterion	Local priority	Global priority	Rank
Man-made fire prevention	0.142	Practice safety inspection after the experiment	0.406	0.058	5
		Establish a complete safety guide	0.236	0.033	17
		Establish a complete emergency response plan for a disaster	0.169	0.024	22
		Set up disaster announcement procedures and emergency telephone number labels	0.189	0.027	20
Mechanical & electrical fire prevention	0.261	Reinforce the protective devices for mechanical equipment	0.195	0.051	6
		Strengthen maintenance and safety inspection intensity for electric equipment	0.246	0.064	1
		Fail-safe design	0.165	0.043	13
		Strengthen the safety management of the laboratory	0.232	0.061	3
		Increase the number of fire detectors and fire extinguishers	0.162	0.042	14
Chemical fire prevention	0.263	Identify the risks in the working environment	0.234	0.062	2
		Enhance the safety design of storage devices	0.227	0.060	4
		Carry out safety inspections and labeling of storage devices	0.186	0.049	8
		Strengthen the identification of the hazard materials information using Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for chemicals	0.187	0.049	7
		Enhance detection technology in the working environment	0.166	0.044	12
Personnel safety protection	0.202	The personnel carry out regular maintenance	0.116	0.023	23
		Develop standard operation procedure for laboratory facilities	0.24	0.048	9
		Strengthen the instrument operating education and training	0.228	0.046	11
		Strengthen the health & safety education and training	0.178	0.036	15
		Give safety lectures to new employees	0.238	0.048	10
Disaster experience learning	0.132	Cause analysis of false alarms	0.093	0.012	24
		Develop an accident investigation mechanism and database	0.19	0.025	21
		Experience sharing	0.224	0.030	19
		Evacuation and emergency response training	0.26	0.034	16
		Annual fire-fighting drill and system checks	0.233	0.031	18