Investigating office buildings evacuations using unannounced fire drills: The case study of CERN, Switzerland

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dc.citation.volume125
dc.contributor.authorRahouti A
dc.contributor.authorLovreglio R
dc.contributor.authorDias C
dc.contributor.authorKuligowski E
dc.contributor.authorGai G
dc.contributor.authorLa Mendola S
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-12T22:16:18Z
dc.date.available2021-10
dc.date.available2023-10-12T22:16:18Z
dc.date.issued2021-10-01
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dc.description.abstractThe main objective of this paper is to explore evacuees’ behaviour during an unannounced fire drill using data collected in two office buildings located at CERN, in Switzerland. Overall, a total of 142 pre-evacuation time measurements, 121 evacuee walking speed measurements in staircase configurations, and 336 evacuee walking speed measurements on floor configurations are included in the dataset. These data were compared with the existing evacuation data for office buildings. This comparison revealed that the pre-evacuation times measured in the present study are significantly lower compared to existing data from the literature for the same type of occupancy. Walking speed data collected in corridors in the present study is within the range of the values reported in previous studies. Further, walking speeds on descending stairways measured in the present study were significantly higher than those available in the literature. However, the novel dataset presented in this study is in accordance with the values recommended in well-known guidelines (such as the SFPE Handbook) and could be used in the future to simulate evacuations of office buildings.
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dc.identifierARTN 103403
dc.identifier.citationFIRE SAFETY JOURNAL, 2021, 125
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.firesaf.2021.103403
dc.identifier.eissn1873-7226
dc.identifier.elements-id447513
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn0379-7112
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/20209
dc.relation.isPartOfFIRE SAFETY JOURNAL
dc.rights(c) The author/s CC BY-NC-ND
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectPre-evacuation time
dc.subjectFire drill
dc.subjectEvacuee walking speed
dc.subjectHuman behaviour
dc.subjectFundamental diagram
dc.subjectCorridors
dc.subjectStairs
dc.subjectOffice buildings
dc.subjectEvacuation
dc.subject.anzsrc0904 Chemical Engineering
dc.subject.anzsrc0911 Maritime Engineering
dc.titleInvestigating office buildings evacuations using unannounced fire drills: The case study of CERN, Switzerland
dc.typeJournal article
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Sciences/School of Built Environment
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