Assessment of Corporate Proactiveness Towards Fire Safety - A Case Study

Abstract

With the worldwide increase in the incorporation of fire safety issues in business practice, some research has emerged that evaluates the need of incorporation of fire safety issues in business practice to gain competitive advantage. However, there is little information about how much fire safety issues are being incorporated in business practice by Indian companies, what is the position of industrial units in India regarding fire safety management, what are the different fire safety performance indicators, how far the units are proactive in management of fire safety issues and how is the fire safety performance of the business units measured has yet to be demonstrated. Studying the status of fire safety proactiveness would enhance our understanding of the conceptual issues to a much greater degree. We analyze these issues collecting some primary data from some sample high risk units of West Bengal. Our results show that facilities that are motivated to incorporate the fire safety issues in business practice of the units observe greater overall fire safety proactiveness.

Keywords: Fire Safety, Fire Safety Performance Indicators, Fire Safety Performance, Fire Safety Proactiveness, Fire Safety Scorecard, India

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