The Korean e-Navigation system is a Korean approach to correspond with implementation of IMO e-Navigation. It provides five services, among them SV20 service, a ship remote monitoring system that collects and processes sensor information related to fire, navigation, and seakeeping performance safety. The system also detects abnormal conditions such as fires, capsizing, sinking, navigation equipment failure during navigation, and calculates the safety index and determines the emergency level. According to emergency level, it provides appropriate emergency response guidance for the onboard operator. The fire safety module is composed of three sub-modules; each module is the safety index sub-module, the emergency level determination sub-module and emergency response guidance sub-module. In this study, operational concept of the fire safety module in SV20 service is explained, and fire safety assessment factors are estimated, to calculate the fire safety index. Fire assessment factors included ‘Fire detector position factor,’ ‘Smoke diffusion rate factor,’ and ‘Fire-fighting facilities factor.’

Abstract
 1. Introduction
 2. A new approach to response to ship fires
  2.1 Proposal for fire emergency response system
  2.2 Review of conventional Formal Safety Assessment (Fire risk model)
  2.3 Suggestion module for fire emergency response system
 3. Case study on fire safety assessment factors for fire safety module
  3.1 Overview of the target ship
  3.2 Classification of fire safety assessment factors
 4. Conclusion
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• Byeol Kim(Graduate School of Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
• Serng-Bae Moon(Division of Navigation Science, Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
• Kwang-Il Hwang(Division of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University) Corresponding author