Decision Making Using Analytical Hierarchy Processing to Fire Safety Assessment of a Passenger Ship

This paper considers an approach to integrate fire safety assessment and decision-making using the Analytical Hierarchy Processing (AHP) method. The aim of this approach is to reduce the occurrence probability and severity of fire during the operational phase of a passenger vessel. It utilises AHP theory to rank the impacts of fires and further integrates the available control options (to minimise these fires) within the analysis. The resultant analysis will show the most favoured control option to address the possible fire hazards within the ship. A test case, which considers the operation of a passenger vessel, is used to demonstrate the method.