Major hazard industries disaster preparedness: an empirical study of liquefied petroleum gas storage facilities
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage facilities storing more than 50 tonnes of LPG are classified as major hazard installations (MHIs). This industry involves highly flammable hydrocarbon chemicals that can cause destruction of property and endanger human lives. This study aims to investigate the...
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my.utem.eprints.273852024-07-25T10:04:25Z http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/27385/ Major hazard industries disaster preparedness: an empirical study of liquefied petroleum gas storage facilities Radin Umar, Radin Zaid Ahmad, Nadiah Mat Rashid, Rasyimawati Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage facilities storing more than 50 tonnes of LPG are classified as major hazard installations (MHIs). This industry involves highly flammable hydrocarbon chemicals that can cause destruction of property and endanger human lives. This study aims to investigate the level of disaster preparedness among 23 LPG storage facilities in Malaysia. The preparedness performance of the facilities was assessed through a five-point instrument measure in six preparedness domains. For overall preparedness, 60% of LPG facilities were rated poor or weak, and remaining 40% were rated as good or satisfactory. This indicates a serious gap in the overall current capacity of the majority of facilities to respond to major hazard disasters. Across all facilities, ‘risk assessment’ was the best performance domain, while the worst was ‘emergency exercise’. The findings provide an overview of the level of preparedness that can guide areas of improvement among LPG facilities in Malaysia. Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. 2023 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/27385/2/0128919062023235.PDF Radin Umar, Radin Zaid and Ahmad, Nadiah and Mat Rashid, Rasyimawati (2023) Major hazard industries disaster preparedness: an empirical study of liquefied petroleum gas storage facilities. International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, 19 (1). pp. 17-39. ISSN 1475-3219 https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/10.1504/IJCIS.2023.129069 https://doi.org/10.1504/IJCIS.2023.129069 |
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Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage facilities storing more than 50 tonnes of LPG are classified as major hazard installations (MHIs). This industry involves highly flammable hydrocarbon chemicals that can cause destruction of property and endanger human lives. This study aims to
investigate the level of disaster preparedness among 23 LPG storage facilities in Malaysia. The preparedness performance of the facilities was assessed through a five-point instrument measure in six preparedness domains. For overall preparedness, 60% of LPG facilities were rated poor or weak, and remaining 40% were rated as good or satisfactory. This indicates a serious gap in the overall current capacity of the majority of facilities to respond to major hazard disasters. Across all facilities, ‘risk assessment’ was the best
performance domain, while the worst was ‘emergency exercise’. The findings provide an overview of the level of preparedness that can guide areas of improvement among LPG facilities in Malaysia. |
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Major hazard industries disaster preparedness:
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