scholarly journals Study on Transportation Efficiency of Evacuation Using Elevators in Comparison with Evacuation Using Stairsin a High-Rise Building – Is Use of Elevator in Evacuation Really Effective for General People? –

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 591-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ai Sekizawa ◽  
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Shinji Nakahama ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Small Proportion ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Simplified Model ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Evacuation Time ◽  
Building Fire ◽  
Aged People ◽  
High Rise ◽  
High Rise Building

In a building fire, occupants are basically required to escape by stairs and not to use elevators. However, in many recent fires, quite a number of people used elevators for their evacuation. Also, it is expected that the number of people who have difficulty in using stairs in evacuation will increase, since the proportion of aged people in the total population has been rapidly increasing in recent years and the accessibility of buildings for disabled people has also been improved in Japan. To consider this situation, we made a simplified model to evaluate evacuation time by elevators, and conducted case studies in order to examine the feasibility and issues of elevator use for evacuation. The results of the case studies indicate that, if the elevator use can be designated only for a small proportion of occupants such as disabled people, it would be effective to use the elevator in the evacuation of those people. However, for the general building population, it is suggested that it would be better to use stairs for their evacuation in most cases thus enabling the evacuation of disabled people by elevator to be more effective.

scholarly journals Case Studies of High-Rise Building Fires in Dhaka City with Reference to Building Fire Code of Japan

2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 69-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shin’ichi Sugahara ◽  
Hideki Yoshioka ◽  
Sanjib Barua
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Dhaka City ◽  
Building Fires ◽  
Building Fire ◽  
High Rise ◽  
High Rise Building

Research and Development of Household Fire Refuge Cabin

2013 ◽  
Vol 433-435 ◽  
pp. 2267-2276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huai Chao Yan ◽  
Lin Jie Li ◽  
Jun Ge Huang
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Design Concept ◽  
Development Status ◽  
Building Fire ◽  
High Rise ◽  
High Rise Building ◽  
Fire Evacuation ◽  
International Mine ◽  
Fire Accidents

With the high-rise building fire accidents have increased every year, the appearance of home fire evacuation cabin has a very important significance.At first,We introduced the development status of domestic and international mine refuge Chamber and two mine refuge Chamber products which was used commonly,and analysed their merit and shortcoming,where we could get the inspiration;Then we focused on the present situation of the household refuge compartment and analysis of its shortcomings and the main problems need to be solved;Finally we put forward the design concept of the household fire refuge cabin .

A high rise building fire case study

1992 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-23
Author(s):  
Belden Menkus
Keyword(s):  
Building Fire ◽  
High Rise ◽  
High Rise Building

The Research of High-rise Building Fire Safety Simulation Model Based on System Dynamics

2014 ◽  
Vol 614 ◽  
pp. 605-609
Author(s):  
Jin Feng Wang ◽  
Ye Liu ◽  
Xue Qi Zhai
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Model ◽  
Fire Safety ◽  
Graph Model ◽  
Flow Graph ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Building Fire ◽  
High Rise ◽  
High Rise Building ◽  
Design Fire ◽  
Fire Design

Firstly, this paper analyzed the factors affecting high-rise building fire safety in terms of the aspects of staff awareness, high-rise building fire design, fire-fighting facilities, daily management, and technology and so on. Secondly, on this basis, I determined the flow graph model and variables, and constructed high-rise building fire safety simulation model. Finally, a high-rise building was used to verify the applicability of the model. The findings have developed a clear direction in order to strengthen the management and formulation of high-rise building fire safety.

Study on Necessity and Safety Measures of Elevator Evacuation during High-Rise Building Fire

2012 ◽  
Vol 174-177 ◽  
pp. 3023-3026
Author(s):  
Jian Min Liu
Keyword(s):  
Urgent Problem ◽  
Safety Measures ◽  
Building Fire ◽  
High Rise ◽  
High Rise Building ◽  
Fast Running ◽  
Emergency Power ◽  
Fire Accidents ◽  
Water Proof ◽  
Elevator Evacuation

Elevators are increasingly widely used in high-rise buildings. Because of its fast running, elevators, with great potential value and social requirements, are now days becoming very important traffic tools in high-rise buildings. However, it is an urgent problem to evacuate safely by using elevators during high-rise building fire accidents. This paper elaborates the necessity of elevator evacuation, analyzed the problem of evacuation by general passenger elevators. Some useful measures are put forward, such as fire prevention, smoke-proof, water-proof and emergency power supply for elevator evacuation during high-rise building fires. It is of great importance for us to utilize these measures for the evacuation by elevators during high-rise building fire accidents.

Analysis of human behavior in case of fire inside a high-rise building: effect of risk perception and Individual's location

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Yaser Mousavi ◽  
Shahab Kariminia
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Office Buildings ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fire Hazards ◽  
Building Fire ◽  
High Rise ◽  
High Rise Building ◽  
Evacuation Strategy ◽  
In Fire

PurposeThe main purpose of this research is to achieve the evacuation strategy of people in high-rise office buildings. This purpose is achieved by identifying the individuals' behaviors during a fire accident and the relationship between these behaviors and their risk perception.Design/methodology/approachThe method of this study is mixed-methods type. The first stage was carried out using the qualitative method and descriptive phenomenology and the analyses were done using the Colaizzi method, and the second stage was carried out using the quantitative method of field descriptive survey type whose analyses were conducted through SPSS software.FindingsThe results reveal that the individuals attempting evacuation from the upper floors above the fire level were mostly injured and the ones who remained in the building and got help from fire fighters were rescued. At the end, the study goes on to suggest the stay-in-place approach with regards to the behaviors formed in individuals, closed plan of architectural design, lack of suitable fire extinguishers as well as inappropriate individual trainings.Research limitations/implicationsLack of similar research in the field of fire in Iran caused bottlenecks such as lack of cooperation of relevant organizations in the path of the research. Another factor that limited the present research was the determination of people trapped in fire. In this case, those who were present in the incident had to be chosen and the questionnaire was completed based on their opinions. This limited the research for reasons such as the relocation of some people from buildings or their death.Practical implicationsThe practical results of this research can be used in reviewing the rules and regulations of high-rise building fire code. By properly compiling the regulations of high-rise building codes based on this research, human injuries in fire hazards can be greatly prevented. Due to the collapse of the Plasco building in Iran and the creation of inappropriate memories in the minds of people of high-rise buildings, with the construction of buildings based on the rules and regulations in accordance with the fire code, the construction market as well as the sale and purchase of such buildings will flourish and numerous financial and job turnovers are created in the field of this type of buildings.Originality/valueThis study is innovative in determining appropriate evacuation strategy that are related to the individuals' risk perception in high-rise buildings, as well as achieving results to review the rules and regulations of high-rise office buildings based on the high-rise building fire code.

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