ArticleOpen Access http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/ea.2025.07.005
Prevention and Analysis Method of Port Fire Incidents Based on Simulation
Lingfeng Xia
Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 210306, China.
*Corresponding author: Lingfeng Xia
Published: August 13,2025
Abstract
In container logistics, scenario-based modeling of catastrophic accidents enables data-driven emergency preparedness, substantially improving safety in port operations and cargo handling. Port fires usually cause huge economic losses, incalculable casualties, and affect shipping operations, making it difficult to recover quickly. To enhance emergency response capabilities for cargo fire accidents in port operations and ensure personnel safety while minimizing property losses, this study employs PyroSim and Pathfinder simulation tools. PyroSim is a fire simulation software based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD), mainly used for fire scene modeling, smoke flow prediction, and toxic gas concentration analysis. Pathfinder software is mainly used for evacuation simulation analysis, applicable to evacuation simulation in complex places. It can highly restore real human behavior through agent-based simulation technology, and provide detailed evacuation paths and pedestrian movement simulations. Through configuring various parameters, we simulate fire scenarios in the target operation area, with particular consideration of wind speed as a key variable to analyze fire spread patterns. The study develops evacuation strategies under different disaster scenarios, providing critical references for fire rescue operations in container terminal environments.
Keywords
Port fire simulation; Fire safety; C-CY-P genetic algorithm; Modeling analysis
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How to cite this paper
Prevention and Analysis Method of Port Fire Incidents Based on Simulation
How to cite this paper: Lingfeng Xia. (2025). Prevention and Analysis Method of Port Fire Incidents Based on Simulation. Engineering Advances, 5(3), 118-122.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/ea.2025.07.005