- Author
- Rubadiri, L. | Ndumu, D. T. | Roberts, J. P.
- Title
- Predicting the Evacuation Capability of Mobility-Impaired Occupants.
- Coporate
- Universyt of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
- Journal
- Fire Technology, Vol. 33, No. 1, 32-53, January/February 1997
- Keywords
- evacuation | mobility | escape means | handicapped | methodology | evacuation time | occupants
- Identifiers
- evacuation performance index (EPI); empiric evacuation models; measurement of evacuation capability and the EPI concept; description and development of the EPI concept; details of participants in evacuation exercises; EPIs of participants along sections of a typical evacuation route; effects on EPIs of corwd density; effects of EPIs of assistance by able-bodied population; comparison between measured times and predicted time (s) for all three hotel evacuations (subcomponent method); applying EPI in the assessment of escape route designs