Investigation on the Key Response Factors of Action Plan in Underground Pipeline Emergency Scenario

Kaohsiung gas explosion caused serious fatalities, making this the largest petrochemical catastrophe in Taiwan's history. It raises a concern how we can make better /best decision to reduce the fatalities and property loss in such little time. Through the literature, little research has been done in evaluating the decision making. The paper mainly focuses on what are the key response factors in terms of action plan. This paper adopted Delphi method in order to gain the wisdoms of experts so as to formulate the important decision-making factors. Firstly, the Delphi method was conducted to gain consensus of experts out of three categories. Through the back and forth procedure, we modified the factors based on the opinion of experts. Secondly, after confirming the 13 factors, questionnaire issued to the experts to gain their individual's values. Finally, after analyzing the questionnaire, the result shows that ‘Jet water to disperse the gas’ is the top priority.