| dc.description.abstract | Because of a long history of successful economic development, Taipei County has become a major manufacturing center in northern Taiwan. In meeting industrialization demands, Taipei County developed five industrial parks, namely Shu-Lin, Tu-Cheng, Wu-Ku, Lin-Kou and Jui-Fang. However, because of scarcity of land, many factories are not located in the industrial parks. They are built next to communities and even residential areas, which increases the risks of industrial accidents.
Emergency response is an essential element in industrial safety management to reduce the consequence of accidents. To be effective, emergency response planning must be based on scenario development and training of first responders. In industrial parks, because of the close proximities of factories and readily available baseline information, sound emergency response planning can be achieved. However, emergency response planning and response to accidents involving factories outside industrial parks present great challenges because of their location and limited baseline information.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the disaster potentials of facilities with their operations involving toxic substances in four townships of Taipei County. The townships of Lu-Chou, San-Chung, Ban-Chiao and the area east of Hsin-Tai road of Hsin-Chuang have high population density with scattered manufacturing, testing facilities and school laboratories. Intrinsic hazard of toxic substances is considered in the preliminary hazard analysis. Scenarios of accidental release, fire and explosion of the toxic substances are developed to estimate the potential risks to the environment and residents of the surrounding communities of all factories. The disaster potential analysis methodologies, primarily the combined use of geographical information system and simulation model, proposed in this study are capable of simulating and forecasting the impact of accidents involving toxic substances. The results provide critical information for accident prevention, emergency response and evacuation planning.
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