Exploratory Qualitative Study of Fire Preparedness Among High-rise Building Residents

This study involved a small number of participants from one residential high-rise building. Transferability of the findings to other residential high-rise buildings may be limited. Furthermore, findings may not pertain to emergency preparedness for other types of high-rise buildings, such as commercial office buildings or hotels. Additionally, one member of the research team was a resident of the building from which participants were recruited. Some participants knew the researcher prior to the study, which may have introduced some bias into the study’s findings. Conversely, as a result of knowing the researcher, participants may have been more open in sharing their experiences. Despite these limitations, this study contributes new knowledge on the subject of fire and evacuation preparedness among people living in high-rise buildings and highlights multiple areas for further research. Findings from this study will be used as the basis for a future study involving more participants from multiple residential high-rise buildings. It is hoped that further study on this topic will contribute to policies and programs that improve residential high-rise building fire safety.
Data Availability
Data available upon request to the University of Hawaii Human Studies Program.
Contact information: University of Hawaii Human Studies Program, 1960 East-West Road, Biomedical Sciences Building B104, Honolulu, HI 96822 ( email: [e-mail], phone: [phone] )
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Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - August 31, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: garyglauberman Source Type: research