Fire safety measures in subway: lessons from past disaster

Yong Han Kim; Se Hun Kim; Myoung Jin Ko

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20161649

Fire safety measures in subway: lessons from past disaster

Authors

Yong Han Kim Department of Anesthesiology, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University, Busan, South Korea
Se Hun Kim Department of Anesthesiology, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University, Busan, South Korea
Myoung Jin Ko Department of Anesthesiology, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University, Busan, South Korea

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20161649

Abstract

On February 18, 2003, major catastrophe happened in Daegu, South Korea. 192 people were dead and 151 were injured from subway fire that one man carried out arson inside train.Inadequate emergency equipment and wrong disaster plan lead to many victims.

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References

Available from https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Daegu_subway_fire [cited 2016 Mar 16th].

Hagberg CR. Airway Management. 3rd edition, Philadelphia, USA: Elsevier; 2013:902-9.

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Published

2017-01-05

How to Cite

Kim, Y. H., Kim, S. H., & Ko, M. J. (2017). Fire safety measures in subway: lessons from past disaster. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 3(6), 1681–1681. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20161649