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Cause Analysis of Errors in the Judgement of Fire Causes

화재원인 판정 오류 원인의 분석

  • Lee, Eui-Pyeong (Department of Fire Safety Engineering, Jeonju University)
  • 이의평 (전주대학교 소방안전공학과)
  • Received : 2013.01.11
  • Accepted : 2013.03.06
  • Published : 2013.04.30

Abstract

Investigators in fire stations or police stations investigate fires and judge their causes. As the results of judging fire causes play an important role in taking measures for fire prevention and arguing about who is responsible, it is necessary not to make errors of the judgement of fire causes. However, in fact, many errors are made in the judgement of fire causes, resulting in serious side effects. This study analyzed causes for errors in the judgement of fire causes based on five cases which made errors. Main causes to make errors in the judgement of fire causes included: 1) the lack of fire investigators' expertise and experience, 2) superior institutions' urge to report, 3) speeding investigation, 4) the lack of fire investigators' activeness, 5) investigation for shirking responsibility, 6) a limitation on private investigators' participation, 7) lukewarm mutual-investigation and information exchange, 8) some investigators' weak responsibility for investigation results, 9) judging fire ignition sources or causes without on-the-spot investigation, and 10) a trend to treat as electrical fires if the traces of electric fusion are found.

화재가 발생하면 소방서나 경찰서의 화재조사요원은 화재원인을 판정하고 있다. 유사화재예방대책 수립과 법적인 책임을 가리는데 중요한 역할을 하므로 화재원인판정에 오류가 없어야 한다. 그러나 실제 화재원인 판정에 오류가 발생하고 있다. 이 논문에서는 화재원인 판정을 그르친 5가지 사례들을 바탕으로 화재원인 판정에 오류가 발생하는 원인을 분석하였다. 화재원인 판정에 오류가 발생하는 주요원인은 1) 조사요원의 전문성과 경험 부족, 2) 상급기관의 보고 재촉, 3) 속도내기식 조사, 4) 조사요원의 적극성 부족, 5) 책임회피성 조사, 6) 민간조사전문가의 참여 제한, 7) 미온적인 공조 조사 및 정보교환, 8) 일부 조사요원의 조사결과에 대한 책임의식 희박, 9) 현장조사를 하지 않고 발화원이나 화재원인의 판정, 10) 전기적 용융흔적이 발견되면 전기화재로 처리하려는 경향에 있다고 분석하고 있다.

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