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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2021.12.12.315

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

Park, Sunah (Dept. of Social Welfare, Konyang Cyber University)
Lee, Jai Young (Dept. of Disaster Safety & Fire Fighting, Konyang Cyber University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.12, no.12, 2021 , pp. 315-322 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Welfare Center for the disabled; Evacuation Safety; Required Safe Egress Time; Pathfinder Program; Exit;
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