DOI QR코드

DOI QR Code

Analysis of Safety Evacuation Rules for Elderly and Children in High rise Hotel

  • Yuanyuan Zhang (Dept. of Fire and Safety Engineering, Woosuk Univ) ;
  • HaSung Kong (Dept. of Fire Protection and Disaster Prevention, Woosuk Univ)
  • 투고 : 2024.08.12
  • 심사 : 2024.08.24
  • 발행 : 2024.09.30

초록

High rise hotels are densely populated and have complex ignition sources. Once a fire occurs, it can cause serious casualties and property damage. The impact of a fire is greater on special groups such as the elderly and children who move slowly. At present, research mainly focuses on the impact of high-rise building structures on evacuation consequences, but there is little research on the safety evacuation consequences of elderly and children in high-rise hotels, as well as the behavior of people in groups during the safety evacuation process. Therefore, we propose to use Pathfinder software to simulate three scenarios for the elderly and children in high-rise hotels. Scenario 1 involves arranging the elderly and children on higher floors, Scenario 2 involves arranging them on middle floors, and Scenario 2 involves arranging them on lower floors. We further provide three types of personnel pairing schemes for each scenario, namely: no one pairing, two people pairing, and three people pairing. Through simulation analysis, we found that placing elderly and children with lower mobility on lower floors resulted in the shortest safe evacuation time; The evacuation time for solo actions without companionship is the shortest, followed by two people in groups, and the safety evacuation time for three people in groups is the longest. Our research findings have significant implications for improving the evacuation efficiency of personnel in fire scenarios.

키워드

참고문헌

  1. Y. Chen, C. Wang, J. B. H. Yap, H. Li, H.S. Hu, C. C. Chen and K. K. Lai, "Fire evacuation process using both elevators and staircases for aging people: simulation case study on personnel distribution in high-rise nursing home," Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society (DDNS), Vol. 2020, pp. 1-14, June 2020. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/5365126
  2. M. Spearpoint, M. Arnott, H. Xie, S. Gwynne and A, "Templeton. Comparative analysis of two evacuation simulation tools when applied to high-rise residential buildings," Safety Science (SS), Vol. 175, pp. 106515, July 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2024.106515
  3. A. Mossberg, D. Nilsson and K. Andree, "Unannounced evacuation experiment in a high-rise hotel building with evacuation elevators: a study of evacuation behaviour using eye-tracking," Fire Technology (FT), Vol. 57, No. 3, pp. 1259-1281, October 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10694-020-01046-1
  4. R. F. Cao, E. W. M. Lee, A. C. Y. Yuen, N. C. Qing, X. Wei, S. Meng, G. H. Yeoh, "Development of an evacuation model considering the impact of stress variation on evacuees under fire emergency," Safety Science (SS), Vol. 138, pp. 105232, June 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105232
  5. Y. Zheng, Y. Wang, L. Chao and J. Guo, "Study on Evacuation Strategy of Commercial High-Rise Building under Fire Based on FDS and Pathfinder," CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences (CCMES), Vol. 138, No. 2, pp. 1077-1102, November 2024. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmes.2023.030023
  6. N. Komatsu, M. Sasabe, J. Kawahara and S. Kasahara, "Automatic evacuation guiding scheme based on implicit interactions between evacuees and their mobile nodes," GeoInformatica (G), Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 127-141, August 2016. https://doi.org/10.13924/j.cnki.cecs.2018.05.010
  7. Y. Zhou, X. Chen, "Interpretation of the Revised Content of the Code for Fire Protection Design of Buildings GB50016-2014 (2018 Edition)," Standardization of Engineering Construction (SEC), Vol. 2018, No. 5, pp. 48-51, May 2018. (in Chinese) https://doi.org/10.13924/j.cnki.cecs.2018.05.010
  8. C. Ren, "A Study on the Safety Evacuation of Fire Personnel in High-rise Hotel Apartment," South China University of Technology, 2018. (in Chinese)
  9. The State Administration for Market Regulation and the National Standardization Administration of China, "Human Dimensions of Minors in China," (GB/T 26158-2010), 2010. (Chinese Standard: in Chinese)
  10. The State Administration for Market Regulation and the National Standardization Administration of China, "Human body size for adults in China," (GB/T10000-2023), 2023. (Chinese Standard: in Chinese)
  11. E. Satoh, T. Yoshikawa and A. Yamada, "Investigation of converted walking distance considering resistance of topographical features and changes in physical strength by age: Model for location planning of regional facilities considering topographical condition and aging society Part 1". Journal of Architecture Planing(JAP), Vol. 610, pp.133 -139, December 2006.( In Japanese). https://doi.org/10.3130/aija.71.133_2
  12. SFPE, The SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engine ring, 5th edition, pp.2216, 2013.
  13. Studenski, and Stephanie, "Gait Sped and Survival in Older Adults," American Medical Asociation(AMA), Vol. 305, No. 1, pp. 50-51, January 2011. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.1923