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Influence of design and installation of emergency exit signs on evacuation speed
Emergency exit signs have an important role in the fire safety of buildings. Exit signs help evacuees rapidly escape fire by following the fastest and safest escape routes immediately after the detection of fire. In other words, evacuation can greatly vary according to environmental factors regarding evacuation within the building. In this study, change in the evacuation speed by exit signs and environmental conditions was analyzed through experiments with 138 subjects. Four environmental factors in the experiment are visibility, distance between exit sign and evacuees, spatial configuration, and size and brightness of exit sign. In conclusion, changes in the spatial conditions around exit signs influenced the evacuation speeds of the subjects in poor visibility, and the changes in physical conditions of exit signs exerted more influence when the visibility was relatively better.
Influence of design and installation of emergency exit signs on evacuation speed
Emergency exit signs have an important role in the fire safety of buildings. Exit signs help evacuees rapidly escape fire by following the fastest and safest escape routes immediately after the detection of fire. In other words, evacuation can greatly vary according to environmental factors regarding evacuation within the building. In this study, change in the evacuation speed by exit signs and environmental conditions was analyzed through experiments with 138 subjects. Four environmental factors in the experiment are visibility, distance between exit sign and evacuees, spatial configuration, and size and brightness of exit sign. In conclusion, changes in the spatial conditions around exit signs influenced the evacuation speeds of the subjects in poor visibility, and the changes in physical conditions of exit signs exerted more influence when the visibility was relatively better.
Influence of design and installation of emergency exit signs on evacuation speed
Jeon, Gyu-Yeob (Autor:in) / Na, Wook-Jeong (Autor:in) / Hong, Won-Hwa (Autor:in) / Lee, Jin-Kook (Autor:in)
Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering ; 18 ; 104-111
04.03.2019
8 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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