Understanding Fire Accidents in Sharjah’s Residential Buildings: A Comprehensive Analysis

Owing to the high rate of fire accidents in residential buildings in the Emirate of Sharjah, accounting for 54% of the total fire accidents, the performance and efficiency of the fire accident prevention systems employed in the Emirate of Sharjah are assessed in this study based on the fire data collected during 2013–2021. The causes of the high rate of fire accidents in the residential buildings are elu-cidated by using the iceberg theory, which is applied to analyze fire accidents based on the geo-graphical area, to identify the critical factors of the fire prevention management system. Moreover, the fire accident investigation performance in eleven civil defence centers in the emirate of Sharjah is monitored to explain the reasons behind the high rate of fire accidents, which will help decrease the number of fire accidents in residential buildings. Finally, civil defence centers inside Sharjah city and other cities in the Emirate of Sharjah are compared.