- Author
- Kang, K.
- Title
- Application of Code Approach for Emergency Evacuation in a Rail Station.
- Coporate
- Jacobs, New York, NY
- Journal
- Fire Technology, Vol. 43, No. 4, 331-346, ['2007', 'December 2007']
- Keywords
- railroads | railroad terminals | evacuation | emergencies | NFPA 130 | scenarios | smoke | stairways | reliability | fire growth rate | ventilation | occupants | people movement | tenability limits | heat release rate | fire models
- Identifiers
- Simulation of Transient Evacuation and Pedestrian Movements (STEPS); EXIT89; COMPF2; mid-platform train fire in an underground rail station; mass transit station; station occupant load; typical travel speeds and exiting capacities per NFPA 130; tenability/accessibility of evacuation paths; predicted time of accessibility when the circulation stairs are affected by smoke; configuration of station evacuation scenarios; comparison between exiting time predictions from STEPS and NFPA 130