Dr. Steve Gwynne and Dr. Aoife Hunt, alongside colleagues from the University of Mons, University of Massey and Evacuation have co-authored a research article - Human behaviour during a healthcare facility evacuation drills: Investigation of pre-evacuation and travel phases.
Evacuation models are key tools to assess the fire safety of complex buildings. In this paper, we present a new dataset for simulating healthcare facility evacuation. The data was collected from an outpatients’ area of a public hospital in Auckland (New Zealand) during two unannounced fire drills. The drills involved both staff and patients. Pre-evacuation times, evacuee horizontal travel speeds, exit selection and total evacuation times were collected and analysed.
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It is critical that we have sufficient data to support the modelling process –especially in healthcare facilities where evacuations are complicated and rely on different sub-populations, procedures and equipment.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN SCIENE DIRECT: Human behaviour during a healthcare facility evacuation drills: Investigation of pre-evacuation and travel phases
Rahouti,A, Lovreglio,R, Gwynne,S, Jackson,P, Datoussaïd,S and Hunt,A, Human behaviour during a healthcare facility evacuation drills: Investigation of pre-evacuation and travel phases, Safety Science, 129, September 2020, 104754
Authors:
A. Rahouti, Faculty of Engineering/University of Mons, Place du Parc 20, Mons, Belgium
R. Lovreglio, School of Engineering and Advanced Technology/Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
S. Gwynne, Movement Strategies, London UK
P. Jackson, Evacuation Now Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
S. Datoussaïd, Faculty of Engineering / University of Mons, Belgium
A. Hunt, Movement Strategies, London UK