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<p>Given the increasing severity of fire risks in high-rise buildings in China and the significant inadequacy of residents’ response capabilities, studying individual preparedness behaviors among residents in fire-prone areas holds important theoretical and practical significance. Existing studies primarily focus on single dimensions such as knowledge dissemination or equipment adoption, lacking an integrated framework to reveal the complex systemic characteristics of preparedness behaviors, and failing to adequately capture the interactions of population heterogeneity with housing patterns and educational backgrounds. To address this gap, this study employed the Holistic Individual Preparedness Model (HIPM) framework to systematically assess fire preparedness (FP) among residents in Chinese cities with frequent building fires across six dimensions: knowledge reserve, survival security, loss minimization, social integration, technology integration, and adaptive capacity. Using 2145 valid questionnaires collected through stratified sampling, and applying multiple regression and path analysis, structural differences across these dimensions among different socioeconomic groups were revealed. The results indicate that the overall fire preparedness level is moderately low, with survival security and technology integration being the weakest aspects. In contrast, social integration and loss minimization perform relatively better. Furthermore, educational level is significantly positively correlated with knowledge reserves, but there is a skills gap among highly educated groups; homeowners perform better in survival preparation and loss minimization, yet display a false sense of security; residents on mid-level floors outperform those on lower and higher floors in social integration; and there is a disconnect between self-assessed adaptive capacity and actual preparedness. Based on these findings, differentiated intervention strategies targeting various groups are proposed to enhance the systematic and practical nature of fire preparedness.</p>

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Fire Preparedness Among Residents in High-Risk Urban Areas in China

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  • 发表日期：

    2026年6月22日

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  • Yachao Xiong,
  • Hui Qi,
  • Peng Ji,
  • Zeyu Wang

摘要

Given the increasing severity of fire risks in high-rise buildings in China and the significant inadequacy of residents’ response capabilities, studying individual preparedness behaviors among residents in fire-prone areas holds important theoretical and practical significance. Existing studies primarily focus on single dimensions such as knowledge dissemination or equipment adoption, lacking an integrated framework to reveal the complex systemic characteristics of preparedness behaviors, and failing to adequately capture the interactions of population heterogeneity with housing patterns and educational backgrounds. To address this gap, this study employed the Holistic Individual Preparedness Model (HIPM) framework to systematically assess fire preparedness (FP) among residents in Chinese cities with frequent building fires across six dimensions: knowledge reserve, survival security, loss minimization, social integration, technology integration, and adaptive capacity. Using 2145 valid questionnaires collected through stratified sampling, and applying multiple regression and path analysis, structural differences across these dimensions among different socioeconomic groups were revealed. The results indicate that the overall fire preparedness level is moderately low, with survival security and technology integration being the weakest aspects. In contrast, social integration and loss minimization perform relatively better. Furthermore, educational level is significantly positively correlated with knowledge reserves, but there is a skills gap among highly educated groups; homeowners perform better in survival preparation and loss minimization, yet display a false sense of security; residents on mid-level floors outperform those on lower and higher floors in social integration; and there is a disconnect between self-assessed adaptive capacity and actual preparedness. Based on these findings, differentiated intervention strategies targeting various groups are proposed to enhance the systematic and practical nature of fire preparedness.