Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
The Evacuation of People with Functional Limitations
This chapter presents an overview on the role of functional limitations on self-evacuation possibilities in case of fires in residential buildings. This is performed highlighting the links between functional limitations, predominant activities, and fire evacuation. This study makes use of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) by the World Health Organization with application to the activities performed during a fire evacuation scenario and how those can be affected by functional limitations. Quantitative and qualitative data concerning the egress of people with functional limitations are also discussed. The findings are presented making use of the engineering egress timeline commonly adopted in fire safety engineering applications and attempting to translate consolidated concepts of the research in the field of accessibility to the fire evacuation field. This chapter highlights that most researches on the evacuation of people with functional limitations have so far focused on addressing mobility limitations, particularly on the movement phase. Current knowledge gaps concern the impact of cognitive limitations, the ability to smell smoke, and how speech impairments can affect communication during an evacuation scenario.
The Evacuation of People with Functional Limitations
This chapter presents an overview on the role of functional limitations on self-evacuation possibilities in case of fires in residential buildings. This is performed highlighting the links between functional limitations, predominant activities, and fire evacuation. This study makes use of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) by the World Health Organization with application to the activities performed during a fire evacuation scenario and how those can be affected by functional limitations. Quantitative and qualitative data concerning the egress of people with functional limitations are also discussed. The findings are presented making use of the engineering egress timeline commonly adopted in fire safety engineering applications and attempting to translate consolidated concepts of the research in the field of accessibility to the fire evacuation field. This chapter highlights that most researches on the evacuation of people with functional limitations have so far focused on addressing mobility limitations, particularly on the movement phase. Current knowledge gaps concern the impact of cognitive limitations, the ability to smell smoke, and how speech impairments can affect communication during an evacuation scenario.
The Evacuation of People with Functional Limitations
The soc. of Fire Protection Engineers Series
Runefors, Marcus (Herausgeber:in) / Andersson, Ragnar (Herausgeber:in) / Delin, Mattias (Herausgeber:in) / Gell, Thomas (Herausgeber:in) / Ronchi, Enrico (Autor:in) / Smedberg, Erik (Autor:in) / Carlsson, Gunilla (Autor:in) / Slaug, Björn (Autor:in)
28.08.2022
22 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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