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Analysis of the Evacuation Safety in a Fire at Welfare Center for Disabled

장애인복지관 화재 시 피난안전성 분석

  • Park, Sunah (Dept. of Social Welfare, Konyang Cyber University) ;
  • Lee, Jai Young (Dept. of Disaster Safety & Fire Fighting, Konyang Cyber University)
  • 박선아 (건양사이버대학교 사회복지학과) ;
  • 이재영 (건양사이버대학교 재난안전소방학과)
  • Received : 2021.09.12
  • Accepted : 2021.12.20
  • Published : 2021.12.28
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Abstract

This study analyzes the Required Safe Egress Time (RSET), in the event of a fire at a welfare center for the disabled, using the emergency passage according to the floor arrangement of users to evaluate the safety and the difference in RSET for each emergency passage using the Pathfinder simulation program to suggest an efficient evacuation method. As a result of RSET, it was found that there is no problem in evacuation safety for the current state of the facility's personnel allocation by satisfying the standard RSET in case of fire, and evacuation can be completed safely by evacuating through stairs rather than using elevators if possible. It is necessary for employees to be provided sufficient education and training in advance so that they can evacuate effectively with the disabled in case of fire. This study gives significance in saving many precious lives and safely evacuate in case of fire as evacuation routes were secured through the design, construction and operation of facilities for the disabled and the RSET was shortened through regular evacuation practices. It is necessary to discuss the further RSET studies based on the automatic fire shutters open or not when a fire occurs at a specific location following the installation of automatic fire shutter at the entrance of each floor of the facilities.

이 연구는 장애인복지관 화재 시 이용자들의 층별 배치에 따른 비상 통로를 이용한 RSET(Required Safe Egress Time, 피난소요시간)을 분석하여 안전성을 평가하고, 효율적인 피난 방법을 제시하고자 패스파인더 시뮬레이션 프로그램을 활용하여 비상 통로별 RSET의 차이를 분석하였다. RSET에 따른 결과로, 현재 상태의 시설물 사용 인원 배치는 화재 시 기준 RSET을 만족시킴으로 피난안전성에 문제가 없다는 결과를 얻었으며, 화재 시 가능하면 승강기를 이용하는 것보다 계단을 통하여 피난해야 안전하게 피난을 완료할 수 있다. 직원들은 화재 시 장애인들을 대동하여 효과적으로 피난할 수 있도록 사전에 충분한 교육과 훈련이 필요하다. 본 연구는 장애인 관련 시설에서 설계·건축단계에서 운영까지 장애인들이 화재 시 안전하게 피난할 수 있도록 피난통로를 확보하고, 정기적인 피난훈련으로 RSET을 단축시킴으로써 안전하게 피난하여 소중한 생명을 지킬 수 있다는데 의의를 둔다. 향후에는 시설물의 각 층 출입구에 자동방화문을 설치함으로써 특정 위치에서 화재 발생 시 자동방화문의 개폐 여부에 따른 RSET의 연구가 필요하다.

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