ANALYSES OF TRENDS IN THE FIRE LOSSES AND THE FIRE-BRIGADE CALL-OUTS IN SOUTH AFRICA BETWEEN 2004 AND 2017

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F46747885%3A24530%2F22%3A00010881" target="_blank" >RIV/46747885:24530/22:00010881 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://technicalgeography.org/pdf/2_2022/06_madondo.pdf" target="_blank" >http://technicalgeography.org/pdf/2_2022/06_madondo.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21163/GT_2022.172.06" target="_blank" >10.21163/GT_2022.172.06</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

ANALYSES OF TRENDS IN THE FIRE LOSSES AND THE FIRE-BRIGADE CALL-OUTS IN SOUTH AFRICA BETWEEN 2004 AND 2017

Original language description

The current study aimed at performing correlation analyses to gain a more detailed systems understanding of the temporal trends in financial losses from fires (disaster impacts) and the fire brigade call-outs (disaster response) in South Africa from the 2004 to 2017 period. The analysis is performed using data on the fire disaster impacts at the national level and the local level (Makana Local Municipality). The data on disaster impacts was extracted from databases and reports published by the Fire Protection Association of Southern Africa and Statistics South Africa. The total number of fire brigade call-outs/fires for the entire territory of South Africa ranged from 26574 in 2010 to 49567 in 2017. There was a direct correlation between the total number of fires and the losses from fires in residential settings in South Africa with time for the studied period. The losses from fire disasters in residential settings accounted for between 21.84 % and 74.06 % of all financial losses in South Africa between 2004 and 2017. On the other hand, call-outs to fire brigades with a residential cause or related to rubbish/bush/grass accounted for an average of 81.7 /- 2.7 % between 2004 and 2007, while it reached 88.5 /- 4.9 % in Makana Local Municipality. This indicates that fires in residential settings or related to rubbish or plant-based fuel account for a significant majority of the time fire brigades spent fighting fires in South Africa between 2004 and 2017. Fuel and waste management, and increasing fire human resilience at the household level, will play a significant role in the fire disaster risk management in South Africa. Vegetation cover and management will play a key role in the fire DRM in South Africa and local municipalities such as Makana.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10508 - Physical geography

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

GEOGRAPHIA TECHNICA

ISSN

1842-5135

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

17

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

RO - ROMANIA

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

54-68

UT code for WoS article

000883104100006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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