Assessing Fire Safety in Sports Halls: An Investigation from Samsun

Abstract

Sport is essential in terms of physical health. For this reason, sports halls are one of the most important places for a life intertwined with sports. Together with its own sports halls, Turkey is one of the countries that understand the importance of sports. Beyond that, sports, along with their benefits, contains many risks. These risks may be caused by personal injuries and disabilities and equipment, materials, and physical space. There are measures to be taken due to the importance of sports halls, which are insufficient numbers to meet the needs of the sport in Turkey. One of the leading measures is against fire. Precautions to be taken against fire in sports halls are extremely important for athletes and spectators due to many people's physical structure and building. Fire is an event that occurs suddenly and is a danger that can seriously harm life and property. Fire safety is all of the measures taken to prevent and reduce fire to avoid the loss of life and property and to minimize the loss when it reveals. In addition, these precautions taken against fire from the design stage to the usage stage enable the users in the fire environment to move away from there quickly. Despite the importance of sports halls, unfortunately, Turkey has no clear statistical information regarding fires in sports halls and their causes. However, some historical data is vital in terms of measures to be taken against fire. It is considered essential to investigate and analyze fire safety and possible fire hazards in sports halls in this context. In this study, a sample sports hall is examined in the context of fire safety. Due to the importance of fire hazards, precautions to be taken against fire in the building are emphasized, and various suggestions are made. © 2021 Published by ISRES Publishing: www.isres.org.