High-Rise Evacuation Modeling: Data and Applications.
High-Rise Evacuation Modeling: Data and Applications.
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Fahy, R. F.
NISTIR 6030; June 1997.
U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural
Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 13th Joint
Panel Meeting. Volume 1. March 13-20, 1996,
Gaithersburg, MD, Beall, K. A., Editor(s), 35-42 pp,
1997.
Sponsor:
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, MD
Available from:
National Technical Information Service
Order number: PB97-184204
Keywords:
fire safety; fire research; high rise buildings;
evacuation; people movement; human behavior;
handicapped; time lag; occupants
Abstract:
A model called EXIT89 has been developed at NFPA to
simulate the evacuation of a large building, with the
capability of tracking each occupant individually. The
output of this model, in combination with a fire and
smoke movement model using the same building layout, can
be used to predict the effects of cumulative exposure to
the toxic environment present in a structure fire. The
capability of modeling the presence of disabled
occupants has recently been added to the model. Data to
test and enhance the model was obtained form fire drills
conducted in office buildings in the U.S. and U.K., as
well as evacuations involving able-bodied and disabled
subjects in a hotel.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899