- Author
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Hallberg, G.
- Title
- Fortsatt Utrymningsforskning kunskapslage: forsknings-och kompetensbehov. [Further Research Into Evacuation Problems.]
- Coporate
- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
- Report
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Report R1:1993,
1993,
98 p.
- Keywords
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evacuation
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building design
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residential buildings
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office buildings
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hotels
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hospitals
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industrial buildings
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construction
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ships
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railroads
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automobile
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department stores
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performance based codes
- Identifiers
- assembly halls; department stores; underground construction
- Abstract
- [ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH] The object of evacuation research is to provide knowledge of how to design buildings for facilitating the evacuation process and by that minimizing the risk of personal injuries from a fire. Concurrently with the growth of risks and losses the demand has increased for adequate building codes and evacuation provisions. The existing standards are seldom based on research into behavioral science or building function analysis. The changes in formulation of fire protection provisions, from traditional descriptive standards to performance-based codes, require further knowledge among planners and architects. They must know about technical solutions that may fulfil the safety requirements. The aim of this planning report about further research into evacuation problems is to point out the state of the art, to reveal uncertain factors and to establish the need for research and competence of researchers. The types of objects concerned are; residential and office buildings, assembly halls, hotels, hospitals, department stores, industrial premises, underground constructions and public services like ships, rail and road vehicles and aircraft. The investigation is paying regards to how building factors affect the course of fire. This planning report, carried out by grant from BRANDFORSK, is based on inquiries among regulatory authorities, research receivers representing the various types of objects and researchers in the field. The state of the art is based on studies of safety level evaluations, of accounts of the courses of events in emergency evacuations and of comprehensive studies.