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Evaluation of Fire Evacuation Routes for Bedridden Occupants in Existing Healthcare Facilities for Sustainable Building (Re) Design
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Healthcare facilities are considered unfamiliar and complex surroundings where finding an evacuation route in the event of a fire emergency might not have been taken into account during the initial design process. In that case, the safety of occupants is at risk when there is no fire evacuation strategy. Due to a high percentage of bedridden occupants, there is eventually a substantial risk. The purpose of the study is to examine if, rather than only adhering to current recommendations and regulations for building design, the architectural planning of fire escape routes within healthcare institutions should take into account the degree of movement of bedridden occupants as the riskiest occupant group within healthcare facilities. For qualitative research, an existing healthcare facility in Bosnia and Herzegovina is chosen. During the research, attention is given to the following parameters: layout shape, number of floors and functional content, position and number of staircases and elevators, corridor width and length, the area and width of the fire exit doors, the average movement speed of bedridden occupants, and width of hospital bed and evacuation tools. The results showed that bedridden occupants need between two and three minutes to safely evacuate from each floor of a building in the event of a fire, which has an impact on the well-being of occupants. That leads to the conclusion that the findings of the research paper could help in the functional organization and design of spaces within healthcare facilities.
Evaluation of Fire Evacuation Routes for Bedridden Occupants in Existing Healthcare Facilities for Sustainable Building (Re) Design
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1913-9761
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8269-6667
Healthcare facilities are considered unfamiliar and complex surroundings where finding an evacuation route in the event of a fire emergency might not have been taken into account during the initial design process. In that case, the safety of occupants is at risk when there is no fire evacuation strategy. Due to a high percentage of bedridden occupants, there is eventually a substantial risk. The purpose of the study is to examine if, rather than only adhering to current recommendations and regulations for building design, the architectural planning of fire escape routes within healthcare institutions should take into account the degree of movement of bedridden occupants as the riskiest occupant group within healthcare facilities. For qualitative research, an existing healthcare facility in Bosnia and Herzegovina is chosen. During the research, attention is given to the following parameters: layout shape, number of floors and functional content, position and number of staircases and elevators, corridor width and length, the area and width of the fire exit doors, the average movement speed of bedridden occupants, and width of hospital bed and evacuation tools. The results showed that bedridden occupants need between two and three minutes to safely evacuate from each floor of a building in the event of a fire, which has an impact on the well-being of occupants. That leads to the conclusion that the findings of the research paper could help in the functional organization and design of spaces within healthcare facilities.
Evaluation of Fire Evacuation Routes for Bedridden Occupants in Existing Healthcare Facilities for Sustainable Building (Re) Design
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1913-9761
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8269-6667
Healthcare facilities are considered unfamiliar and complex surroundings where finding an evacuation route in the event of a fire emergency might not have been taken into account during the initial design process. In that case, the safety of occupants is at risk when there is no fire evacuation strategy. Due to a high percentage of bedridden occupants, there is eventually a substantial risk. The purpose of the study is to examine if, rather than only adhering to current recommendations and regulations for building design, the architectural planning of fire escape routes within healthcare institutions should take into account the degree of movement of bedridden occupants as the riskiest occupant group within healthcare facilities. For qualitative research, an existing healthcare facility in Bosnia and Herzegovina is chosen. During the research, attention is given to the following parameters: layout shape, number of floors and functional content, position and number of staircases and elevators, corridor width and length, the area and width of the fire exit doors, the average movement speed of bedridden occupants, and width of hospital bed and evacuation tools. The results showed that bedridden occupants need between two and three minutes to safely evacuate from each floor of a building in the event of a fire, which has an impact on the well-being of occupants. That leads to the conclusion that the findings of the research paper could help in the functional organization and design of spaces within healthcare facilities.
Evaluation of Fire Evacuation Routes for Bedridden Occupants in Existing Healthcare Facilities for Sustainable Building (Re) Design
Lect. Notes in Networks, Syst.
Ademović, Naida (editor) / Tufek-Memišević, Tijana (editor) / Arslanagić-Kalajdžić, Maja (editor) / Balić, Lamija (author) / Džidić, Sanin (author)
International Symposium on Sustainable Urban Development ; 2024 ; Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2024-09-03
16 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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