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Emergency evacuation of people with disabilities

dc.contributor.authorVeiga, Rui
dc.contributor.authorCadete Pires, Cristina Maria Paulo
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-15T16:59:57Z
dc.date.available2019-07-15T16:59:57Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractEmergency evacuation is one of the basic strategies to ensure the safest and most efficient evacuation of people. In this context, it is necessary to understand how humans react to the threat and the influence of other factors in the evacuation. Evacuation routes and emergency exits shall be clearly signed. Emergency assistance must be designed in such a way that disable people can be assisted in a safe way. This process involves emotion and cognition, which needs to be coordinated with the physical condition and limitations of the occupants. Based on the literature, it was possible to compare the simultaneous evacuation of individuals with disabilities (physical or mental) with people without any limitation, and to conclude that individuals with disabilities significantly delay the evacuation process. The impact of building conditions where individuals with disabilities live on the evacuation plan was characterized by a case study according to the Technical Regulation of Fire Safety. The evacuation time was calculated based on the Spanish technical note NTP 436 as well as in the amendment accepted by Miguel (2012) for the evacuation time. Moreover, multiple conditions were defined to minimize the consequences of these emergencies and to protect the human life. Our goal in the future is to continue this study by using the simulacrum to explore occupant’s decision making and escape behavior and to calculate the real evacuation times and compare these results with the ones described in the literature.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/29225
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.subjectBuilding evacuationpt_PT
dc.subjectDisabled peoplept_PT
dc.subjectEvacuation timept_PT
dc.titleEmergency evacuation of people with disabilitiespt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage42pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage40pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleInternantional Symposium on Occupacional Safety and Higiene: Proceedings Book of the SHO2018pt_PT
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person.familyNameCadete Pires
person.givenNameRui
person.givenNameCristina Maria Paulo
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person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-5244-6002
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