B016 Domestic evacuee risk

A new approach on risk analysis for evacuees in residential buildings

Brief:

The fire safety of residential buildings is examined from the perspective of the risk of evacuees, who would be unable to escape from an unprotected space through the exits in a designated period of time. In this study, transient occupant loads of 660 residential apartments in Hong Kong were surveyed. In the case of an emergency evacuation of a residential building, the probable risk of evacuees is evaluated for certain exit dimensions with a door carrying capacity, along with considerations of the uncertainties of the probable occupant loads and the specific flow rates at the exit. The results would be useful in the risk assessment for safe egress design of residential buildings in Hong Kong.

Further information:

Wong LT, Fong NK, 2004. A new approach on risk analysis for evacuees in residential buildings, Fire Conference 2004, Proceedings of the Fire Conference 2004-Total Fire Safety Concept, 6-7 December, Public Safety Forum, 7 December, 3^rd Education Symposium on Advanced Fire Research 9 December, Hong Kong, volume 3, pp. 1-10.