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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2018.32.4.050

A Study on ASET Elongation & Notification Time to Fire Stations for the Escape Safety of Aged Bedridden Patients in Elderly Long-term Medical Care

Park, Hyung-Joo (Dept. of Architectural Engineering, Gachon University)
Lee, Young-Jae (Dept. of Building & Plant Engineering, Hanbat University)

Publication Information

Fire Science and Engineering / v.32, no.4, 2018 , pp. 50-59 More about this Journal

Abstract

Recently, huge life losses occurred in the elderly long-term medical care fires due to lack of escape safety. As part of the measures to enhance the effectiveness of fire escape safety, while they prolong the available safe egress time (ASET) of non fire compartments, a measure to shorten fire-fighter's arrival time by fire alarm notifying device should be implemented in these facilities. The four categories from the aspects of fire prevention/protection engineering were provided with the necessary component technologies for carrying out these helper-guided evacuations. Fire prevention engineered technology was presented by two provisions; one for ensuring small compartment sections by installing the fire rated wall between bed rooms and another for ensuring the fire retardant or/and non-flammable performance of finishing materials. Also fire protection engineered technology was presented by two items; one for imposing cooling effects by sprinklers and another for providing automatic fire alarm notifying functions to fire stations. In order to improve the escape safety of these facilities in Korea, alternative revisions may presented by considering insufficient provisions in the architectural/fire law provisions by analyzing the provisions of Japanese and domestic laws in detail.

Keywords

Elderly care facility; Fire escape safety; Available Safe Egress Time (ASET); Required Safe Egress Time (RSET); Fire suppression;

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