- Author
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Rubadiri, L.
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Ndumu, D. T.
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Roberts, J. P.
- Title
- Predicting the Evacuation Capability of Mobility-Impaired Occupants.
- Coporate
- Universyt of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
- Journal
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Fire Technology,
Vol. 33,
No. 1,
32-53,
January/February 1997
- Keywords
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evacuation
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mobility
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escape means
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handicapped
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methodology
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evacuation time
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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