1. Evacuation modeling concepts
1.1 Context
People evacuation is one of the essential parameters of fire safety in built environments.
Fire alarms, exit signs and emergency lighting are the most common means of facilitating emergency evacuation, both in buildings and in transport systems, while other devices such as partitioning and smoke extraction are designed to keep escape routes passable. Some structures require additional emergency exits or fire escapes to ensure the availability of alternative escape routes.
With the increasing complexity of the evacuation scheme or environment, and the diminishing capacity of individuals to move during a fire, a change in strategy is observed: occupants move from a desire to get out quickly to a slow evacuation. They even...
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Bibliography
Websites
International survey of Computer models for fire and smoke. Combustion Science and Engineering, inc.
http://www.firemodelsurvey.com/
Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics Group
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Events
International Association of Fire Safety Science's International Symposium of Fire Safety Science, held every 4 years
Human Behaviour in Fires conference, organized by Interscience Communications
...Standards and norms
- Sécurité incendie. Vocabulaire - NF EN ISO 13943 - Janvier 2018
- Fire safety engineering – Procedures and requirements for the verification and validation of calculation methods – Part 1: General information – Fire safety engineering – Procedures and requirements for checking and verifying calculation methods – Part 1: General information - NF ISO 16730-1 - Février 2016
- Fire safety engineering – Evaluation,...
Regulations
Arrêté du 25 juin 1980 modifié portant approbation des dispositions générales du règlement de sécurité contre les risques d'incendie et de panique dans les établissements recevant du public.
Decree of December 24, 2007, approving safety rules against the risks of fire and panic in railway stations.
IMO Circular MSC.1/circ. 1238 2007 Guidelines for Evacuation analysis for new...
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