- Author
- Kady, R. A. | Davis, J.
- Title
- Impact of Exit Route Designs on Evacuation Time for Crawling Occupants.
- Coporate
- Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA Auburn Univ., AL
- Journal
- Journal of Fire Sciences, Vol. 27, No. 5, 481-493, September 2009
- Keywords
- escape means | impact | evacuation time | occupants | Life Safety Code | exit signs | methodology | experiments | evacuation | people movement | time
- Identifiers
- exit route; crawling; occupant characteristics; distance between the exit access and the exit; function of the occupants; type and number of obstructions; type of hazard; single route movement; efficient route selection; user-defined route; nearest distance route selection; 18 subjects (9 males and 9 females) within the 19-29 age stratum; Civilian American and European Surface Anthropometry Resources (CAESAR); mean crawling evacuation times (in seconds) for straight and indirect routes; individual evacuation time data for crawling in an indirect route