Multi-Criteria Decision Approach for Evaluating Fire Safety Strategies in Hazardous Material Intermodal Transfers

Abstract

Current scenario gives a major challenge that arises during fire safety frameworks, which is the transportation and transfer of hazardous materials across intermodal facilities transparent. This research represents an integrated Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) approach for the evaluation and selection of fire safety strategies in hazardous materials. The study majorily focuses on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution TOPSIS), and Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluation (PROMETHE) methodology to establish an effective decision support framework for safety. In fact, the identification of twelve primary fire safety evaluation it organized across four hierarchical categories: facility infrastructure, operational protocols, emergency response capability, and regulatory compliance. The evaluation enables the terminal managers and safety engineers to prioritize fire safety interventions with empirical accuracy. The application of blurred logic extensions to the AHP framework recognizes the uncertainty inherent in expert judgment and the real-world operational. Comparative analysis across the different levels of fire safety strategy alternatives determines that integrated MCDM approaches are superior in terms of ranking consistency and actionable insights related to traditional single-criterion assessment methods. The findings underscore the efficiency of systematic, multidimensional evaluation frameworks in hazardous material transfer operations where catastrophic events relate to the high consequences extended across the human safety, environmental impact, and operational continuity dimensions.