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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2014.28.3.010

A Study on the Necessity of Introducing Evacuation Instrument in High-rise Buildings - Focusing on Elevator Type Evacuation Instrument -  

Choi, Kyu-Chool (Dept. of Fire Safety Management, Tong Won University)
Ra, Pan-Ju (Asia Fire Protection CO., LTD.)
Seul, Yeong-Mi (Seoul Venture University)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.28, no.3, 2014 , pp. 10-19 More about this Journal
Abstract
The fast evacuation from fire floors to evacuation floors in high-rise building fires can minimize the human damage. In this study, an evacuation instrument, which are applicable to the high-rise buildings of adaptable escape mechanisms by the current NFSC 301 (national fire safety code 301), were selected to analyze the applicability in the high-rise buildings over 11th floor through the site adaptability test. The results of the site test were as follows. The elevator type evacuation instrument of new concept developed as a new technology by compensating the defect of evacuation instrument limiting in the high-rise buildings over 11th floor had completed the stability test and the performance certification test in fire stations, which there were no problems in the introduction of the elevator type evacuation instrument as an escape mechanism in the high-rise buildings. The elevator type evacuation instrument using escapers' weight without using electric power was an escape mechanism that many people could evacuate in a short period of time when a fire broke out in the high-rise buildings. In particular, The elevator type evacuation instrument operated by nonpower had the adaptability as a customized escape mechanism considering user characteristics in the buildings for the disabled or patients with an advanced disease.
Keywords
Skyscraper; Evacuation space; Elevator type evacuation instrument; Coil spring; Down type ladder;
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