Assessing school evacuation movement characteristics: Children and adolescents speed and flow over stairs and through exit doorways
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| author | Javad Hashempour Babak Bahrani Bryan Hoskins Sohaib Abujayyab |
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| contents | Assessing school evacuation movement characteristics: Children and adolescents speed and flow over stairs and through exit doorways Javad Hashempour Babak Bahrani Bryan Hoskins Sohaib Abujayyab Fire and Materials AbstractThe available theories of evacuation movements are primarily founded on data gathered from adults, making them potentially unsuitable for children, especially in schools. Consequently, it is necessary to undertake further research to collect data on how children move during evacuations to understand their unique characteristics and disparities compared to adults. In this context, this paper aimed to explore the movement of school children and adolescents as they moved over stairs and through exit doorways during evacuations. The evacuation drill involved 295 school children and adolescents, whose behavior was closely monitored using a series of cameras. During the drill, their movement patterns, including flow and speed, were analyzed over stairs and through doorways. The observations revealed that children exhibited frequent interactions and contact with one another, unlike adults, who tend to maintain personal space. The findings of this study indicated that the average traveling speed over stairs was comparable to previous research, although female adolescents had a lower average speed compared to other groups. The speed and flow of participants passing through doorways were found to vary depending on their age and differed from estimates based on adult data. This study highlights that existing evacuation models fall short of adequately accounting for the dynamics of children, indicating the need for further research to improve the generalizability of evacuation models. 10.1002/fam.3209 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor |
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| spellingShingle | Assessing school evacuation movement characteristics: Children and adolescents speed and flow over stairs and through exit doorways Javad Hashempour Babak Bahrani Bryan Hoskins Sohaib Abujayyab Fire and Materials Assessing school evacuation movement characteristics: Children and adolescents speed and flow over stairs and through exit doorways Javad Hashempour Babak Bahrani Bryan Hoskins Sohaib Abujayyab Fire and Materials AbstractThe available theories of evacuation movements are primarily founded on data gathered from adults, making them potentially unsuitable for children, especially in schools. Consequently, it is necessary to undertake further research to collect data on how children move during evacuations to understand their unique characteristics and disparities compared to adults. In this context, this paper aimed to explore the movement of school children and adolescents as they moved over stairs and through exit doorways during evacuations. The evacuation drill involved 295 school children and adolescents, whose behavior was closely monitored using a series of cameras. During the drill, their movement patterns, including flow and speed, were analyzed over stairs and through doorways. The observations revealed that children exhibited frequent interactions and contact with one another, unlike adults, who tend to maintain personal space. The findings of this study indicated that the average traveling speed over stairs was comparable to previous research, although female adolescents had a lower average speed compared to other groups. The speed and flow of participants passing through doorways were found to vary depending on their age and differed from estimates based on adult data. This study highlights that existing evacuation models fall short of adequately accounting for the dynamics of children, indicating the need for further research to improve the generalizability of evacuation models. 10.1002/fam.3209 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor |
| title | Assessing school evacuation movement characteristics: Children and adolescents speed and flow over stairs and through exit doorways |
| topic | Fire and Materials |
| url | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fam.3209 |