Proceedings of the KSR Conference (한국철도학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2009.05a
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- Pages.1673-1679
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- 2009
Experiments on Egress of Persons with Mobile Disability in Train Car
철도차량 화재 시 지체 장애인 피난 실험
- Published : 2009.05.21
Abstract
Korean railroad company is continuously improving the service for the disabled. They also install and reform many facilities for them. However, They didn't consider the egress of the disabled when fire occurred until today. At present, fire hazard analysis and risk assessment are introduced into Korea regulation for improving fire safety performance of train car and railroad facilities. Fire safety evaluation for the railroad conducted in Korea didn't generally consider the disabled. In the present situation, the study for the egress of the disabled in train car was needed. The egress experiment was conducted to measure the movement speed of the disabled who didn't walk or walk very slow.
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