A SaaS Concept-Based Shopping Center Fire Risk Assessment Model for the Safety Management Applications

Abstract

This paper proposes a solution to the problem of software absence for the quantitative fire safety analysis of complex objects, which is suitable not only for highly qualified scientists and experts but also for fire safety engineers and inspectors and is compatible with mobile devices. Existing software solutions for quantitative fire safety analysis are desktop-based, and all require a high level of competence of users. We propose a solution by combining the formalism of typical probabilistic structural–logical (TPSL) models, the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) concept, and end-to-end encryption. Using TPSL models allows the development of cloud-based applications with a simple request-based application programming interface and intuitively understandable user interface to assess the level of safety of complex objects. As a result, we could use such mobile device-ready applications both for developing mobile device applications and developing mobile-device-friendly website-based services to carry out safety control inspections or level of safety management.