This book highlights human behaviour and architectural considerations for prescriptive code requirements for emergency exits in heritage cultural centers. Closed circuit television camera (CCTV) footage from a Canadian heritage cultural centre was analyzed from three separate unannounced evacuations, where recommendations based on the first two evacuations were implemented for the third. This study aims to (1) develop a baseline for the behaviour and actions of people during the pre-movement and movement stages of emergency egress and evacuation situations and (2) collect behavioural and movement data to aid the fire safety community with the decision process for egress and evacuation strategies and (3) interrogate and highlight architectural barriers in heritage structures with respect to emergency evacuation. The discussion of findings includes occupant behaviour, architectural implications and evacuation modelling and considers the often-conflicting intersection between architectural conservation and fire safety.
Author(s): John Gales, René Champagne, Georgette Harun, Hannah Carton, Michael Kinsey
Series: SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 68
City: Singapore
Acknowledgements
Contents
1 Introduction to Fire Evacuation and Exit Design in Heritage Cultural Centres
1.1 Introduction to Fire and Human Behaviour
1.2 Cultural Centre Case Study
1.3 State of the Art in Human Behaviour in Fire
1.4 Research Objectives
1.5 Case Study Building Architecture and History
1.6 Ethics and Related Limitations
1.7 Book Summary
References
2 Data Collection for Evacuations of a Heritage Cultural Centre
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Methods of Data Collection
2.3 Scenario 1—Unplanned Evacuation
2.4 Scenario 2—First Planned and Unannounced Annual Drill
2.5 Scenario 3—Second Planned and Unannounced Annual Drill
2.6 Summary
References
3 Human Behavioural Analysis for Evacuations of a Heritage Cultural Centre
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Methods of Analysis
3.3 Scenario 1—Unplanned Evacuation
3.4 Scenario 2—First Planned and Unannounced Annual Drill
3.5 Scenario 3—Second Planned and Unannounced Annual Drill
3.6 Summary
References
4 Architectural Implications for Evacuation Modelling of a Heritage Cultural Centre
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Exit Usage and Behaviours Affecting Selection
4.3 Evacuation Times Observed
4.4 Movement Profiles for Modelling
4.5 Evacuation Modelling Validation
4.6 Architectural and Heritage Considerations for Evacuation Modelling
4.7 Summary
References
5 Strategies for Effective Evacuation of Heritage Cultural Centres
5.1 Summary
5.2 Study Limitations
5.3 Strategies Used to Enhance Egress in the Cultural Centre
5.4 The Future of Evacuation Modelling
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