Determining the effectiveness of safety measures for self-rescue in the Built Environment
article
Various types of emergency situations may occur in a city, region or
country. In these –safety and security- emergency situations it is important for
citizens to know how to handle. Preparation of citizens in the use of appropriate
self-rescue measures can save many lives. Examples of self-rescue measures
are: (automatic) alert with either limited or extensive evacuation instructions,
dynamic signposting or instructions for the best direction of flight. The questions
to be answered are: (1) What is the effect of these measures on the selfrescue
in various emergencies? And (2) what is the effect of structural measures
on buildings such as heat resistant glass or a more solid construction and (3)
how do specific safety measures relate to other measures? This paper describes
the first developments of a model for determining and comparing the effect of
safety measures for self-rescue in various types of emergency situations.
country. In these –safety and security- emergency situations it is important for
citizens to know how to handle. Preparation of citizens in the use of appropriate
self-rescue measures can save many lives. Examples of self-rescue measures
are: (automatic) alert with either limited or extensive evacuation instructions,
dynamic signposting or instructions for the best direction of flight. The questions
to be answered are: (1) What is the effect of these measures on the selfrescue
in various emergencies? And (2) what is the effect of structural measures
on buildings such as heat resistant glass or a more solid construction and (3)
how do specific safety measures relate to other measures? This paper describes
the first developments of a model for determining and comparing the effect of
safety measures for self-rescue in various types of emergency situations.
TNO Identifier
464767
Source
Communications in Computer and Information Science, 318, pp. 180-183.
Pages
180-183
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