PMID- 37809376
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20231031
IS  - 2405-8440 (Print)
IS  - 2405-8440 (Electronic)
IS  - 2405-8440 (Linking)
VI  - 9
IP  - 9
DP  - 2023 Sep
TI  - Analysis of the fire risks and mitigation approaches in the apparel manufacturing 
      industry: Implications toward operational safety and sustainability.
PG  - e20312
LID - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20312 [doi]
LID - e20312
AB  - Fire risks pose a substantial threat to the apparel manufacturing industry since 
      they can lead to immense property damage, potential loss of life, disruption of 
      business operations, and reputational damage. In an emerging economy like 
      Bangladesh, fire-related hazards are crucial due to the numerous deadly 
      industrial fire incidents in recent years. This research, thereby, proposes an 
      integrated multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) framework to identify and 
      mitigate fire risk hazards in the apparel manufacturing industry. Initially, the 
      study identified 30 significant fire risk factors from the literature review. 
      Then, after expert validation, an integrated Best Worst Method (BWM) and Weighted 
      Sum Model (WSM) framework was utilized to prioritize the fire risk factors. 
      Twenty-three mitigation actions were proposed afterward for the top-ranked risk 
      factors based on National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) codes. An 
      Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) with a Cross-Impact Matrix Multiplication 
      Applied to Classification (MICMAC) analysis was later used to explore the 
      interrelationships and dependencies among the mitigation actions. The ranking 
      obtained from the BWM-WSM assessment revealed 'combustible storage unseparated by 
      fire-rated construction,' 'non-standard inspection, testing, and maintenance', 
      and 'inadequate means of egress for the occupant load' as the three most critical 
      fire risk factors. The ISM-MICMAC analysis revealed 'fire-rated construction' and 
      'standardized detection and protection' as the most-driving mitigation actions. 
      The study outcomes are expected to aid the managers and policymakers in emerging 
      economies in formulating sustainable fire risk management strategies for the 
      apparel industry and thus improve the operational safety and resilience of the 
      sector.
CI  - (c) 2023 The Authors.
FAU - Siraj, Md Tanvir
AU  - Siraj MT
AD  - Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Bangladesh University of 
      Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh.
FAU - Debnath, Binoy
AU  - Debnath B
AD  - Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Bangladesh University of 
      Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh.
FAU - Payel, Spandan Basak
AU  - Payel SB
AD  - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and 
      Technology, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh.
FAU - Bari, A B M Mainul
AU  - Bari ABMM
AD  - Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Bangladesh University of 
      Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh.
FAU - Islam, Abu Reza Md Towfiqul
AU  - Islam ARMT
AD  - Department of Disaster Management, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, 5404, 
      Bangladesh.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230920
PL  - England
TA  - Heliyon
JT  - Heliyon
JID - 101672560
PMC - PMC10560059
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Apparel manufacturing industry
OT  - Best worst method
OT  - Fire risk mitigation
OT  - Interpretive structural modeling
OT  - Weighted sum model
COIS- The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or 
      personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in 
      this paper.
EDAT- 2023/10/09 06:41
MHDA- 2023/10/09 06:42
PMCR- 2023/09/20
CRDT- 2023/10/09 05:54
PHST- 2023/05/04 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/09/18 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/09/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/10/09 06:42 [medline]
PHST- 2023/10/09 06:41 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/10/09 05:54 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/09/20 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S2405-8440(23)07520-5 [pii]
AID - e20312 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20312 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Heliyon. 2023 Sep 20;9(9):e20312. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20312. eCollection 
      2023 Sep.