The Benemérito Cuerpo de Bomberos de Costa Rica’s (CBCR) current voluntary fire inspection program of public buildings is not sustainable. The program is unable to meet the goal of ensuring all buildings are adequately protected against fires. We developed a framework for a regulatory fire inspection program for CBCR based upon international best practices and CBCR’s current resources. We recommended that CBCR add a diagnostics team to their organizational structure, the Access database we created to systematize their records, and an educational component for both citizens and CBCR staff. We also suggested that they collaborate with the Ministry of Health to improve enforcement, thereby increasing prevention measures and potentially saving more Costa Rican lives.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Washburn, Thomas Mills
• Bartlett, Heather Marie
• Acevedo, Michelle
• Delareyna, Serhan

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Security
• Community
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050615-181645

Parola chiave

• Emergency management
• Organizational effectiveness
• Fire prevention

Advisor

• Madan, Aarti Smith
• Madan, Ryan Smith

Year

• 2015

Center

• San Jose, Costa Rica Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Bomberos of Costa Rica

Date created

• 2015-05-06

luogo

• San José

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright