Escape planning for mobility impaired persons in fire emergency

Accession number;06A0611692
Title;Escape planning for mobility impaired persons in fire emergency
Author; HAGIWARA ICHIRO (Building Res. Inst.) NUNOTA KEN (Building Res. Inst.)
Journal Title;Annual Report of BRI
Journal Code:G0308A
ISSN:0286-4622
VOL.2005;NO.;PAGE.21-22(2006)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.5, TBL.1, REF.1
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;Traditionally escape planning in fire emergency is designed for self-evacuation, not for assisted evacuation. However, escape form a high-rise building is hard even for average adults. It is necessary to develop general principles for escape planning for mobility impaired persons. In this study escape planning using elevators is discussed. And by using an evacuation chair one person can carry one disable person down stairs in safe. Experimental studies using two types of evacuation chairs are carried out. (author abst.)