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Measuring Evacuation Difficulty in Board and Care Homes
The recent increase in multifatality fires in board and care homes can be attributed to the recent proliferation of these homes coupled with unavailability of an appropriate model code at the national level. Currently available model codes work poorly because they do not take into account the wide variations in the assistance needs of residents in an emergency evacuation and the availability of staff members to provide the needed assistance. The Center for Fire Research, National Bureau of Standards, has devised a fire safety evaluation system that bases the amount of fire protection features required in the building on a measure of the difficulty in evacuating the home. This measure, the Evacuation Difficulty Index, is computed from ratings of the residents on evacuation-relevant 'risk factors' and on the availability of staff members to assist residents. The article outlines the rationale and development of the Evacuation Difficulty Index.
Measuring Evacuation Difficulty in Board and Care Homes
The recent increase in multifatality fires in board and care homes can be attributed to the recent proliferation of these homes coupled with unavailability of an appropriate model code at the national level. Currently available model codes work poorly because they do not take into account the wide variations in the assistance needs of residents in an emergency evacuation and the availability of staff members to provide the needed assistance. The Center for Fire Research, National Bureau of Standards, has devised a fire safety evaluation system that bases the amount of fire protection features required in the building on a measure of the difficulty in evacuating the home. This measure, the Evacuation Difficulty Index, is computed from ratings of the residents on evacuation-relevant 'risk factors' and on the availability of staff members to assist residents. The article outlines the rationale and development of the Evacuation Difficulty Index.
Measuring Evacuation Difficulty in Board and Care Homes
N. E. Groner (author) / B. M. Levin (author) / H. E. Nelson (author)
1981
8 pages
Report
No indication
English
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