Authors :
Nkeleme Emmanuel Ifeanyichukwu; AchigbuOnyemaezeIkenna; Andrew ChimaOsuagwu; Edom Ikenna Ellis; Chukwudi Stanley Ozoh
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 1 - January
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6004343
Abstract :
Fire hazards usually tantamount to
devastating outcomes ranging from; damage to
environment to loss of lives and property. Thus there is a
need for the adoption of pragmatic measures to prevent
the hazard. This paper assess the pragmatic measure in
the communities around Port Harcourt Refinery
Company (PHRC), with a view of establishing the
communal practices that can lead to fire outbreak and to
suggest measure to reduce such practices. The research
was sort via an intensive literature review alongside the
administration of a well-structured questionnaire. A total
of seventy questionnaires with sixty returned adequately
filled giving a percentage response of 85.7%. The
responses were analyzed using computer based software
(SPSS) and the result presented in percentages and
Relative Importance Indices (RII). The result revealed
among others that show that incineration of refuse at
disposal point was also a great cause of fire hazard. Other
pragmatic fire prevention measures arranged in their
other of efficacy as opined by the respondents are:the
control on the bush burning activities and then the
appropriate disposal of flammable pollutant, appropriate
disposal of flammable pollutant and Strategic positioning
of fire sensing device which ranked second, third and
fourth respectively. , Thus it is recommended that such
disposal points should be located very far from PHRC
flammable facilities.
Keywords :
Pragmatic measures, Fire prevention
Fire hazards usually tantamount to
devastating outcomes ranging from; damage to
environment to loss of lives and property. Thus there is a
need for the adoption of pragmatic measures to prevent
the hazard. This paper assess the pragmatic measure in
the communities around Port Harcourt Refinery
Company (PHRC), with a view of establishing the
communal practices that can lead to fire outbreak and to
suggest measure to reduce such practices. The research
was sort via an intensive literature review alongside the
administration of a well-structured questionnaire. A total
of seventy questionnaires with sixty returned adequately
filled giving a percentage response of 85.7%. The
responses were analyzed using computer based software
(SPSS) and the result presented in percentages and
Relative Importance Indices (RII). The result revealed
among others that show that incineration of refuse at
disposal point was also a great cause of fire hazard. Other
pragmatic fire prevention measures arranged in their
other of efficacy as opined by the respondents are:the
control on the bush burning activities and then the
appropriate disposal of flammable pollutant, appropriate
disposal of flammable pollutant and Strategic positioning
of fire sensing device which ranked second, third and
fourth respectively. , Thus it is recommended that such
disposal points should be located very far from PHRC
flammable facilities.
Keywords :
Pragmatic measures, Fire prevention
