Human life saving lifelines and cost-effective design of an exclusive water supply system for fires following earthquakes

摘要

This paper investigates the effects of the lifeline malfunction on the loss of human lives during the 1995 Kobe earthquakes. Firstly those effects were reviewed for firefighting and hospital waters relating to water supply lifelines. Those lives which might have been saved if the water lifelines had worked shortly after the earthquake are analyzed based on the records of firefighting operation and have been counted as approximately 32 to 45 people. Next, an exclusive water supply system for firefighting introduced into fire fragile areas after the earthquakes is designed giving basic procedures based on cost-effectiveness.