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Utformning av utrymningsplats

På svenska

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Summary, in English

An investigation regarding the design of a safe refuge area and more specifically the means for communication from the safe refuge areawas performed. Three types of communication techniques were tested using a survey and using experiments in a virtual reality environment; a signal lamp in combination with a push button system, a text display system and finally a voice communication system. According to the Swedish building regulation public buildings and some others shall have safe refuge areas if they are not equipped with a sprinkler system. The safe refuge areas should be located on every floor except on ground floor. Currently there is a lack of guidelines on how the communication between a person staying at the refuge area in the case of a fire and another person inside or outside the building shall be designed. The results indicate that most persons using wheelchairs prefer a voice communication system. The work presents guidelines relevant when designing the safe refuge area. Different views on the design and use of a safe refuge area have been collected using interviews, questionnaires and VR-experiments.

Publishing year

2015

Language

Swedish

Document type

Report

Publisher

Division of Fire Safety Engineering

Topic

  • Building Technologies

Keywords

  • utrymning
  • vägledande markeringar
  • utrymningsplats
  • brandsäkerhet
  • funktionsnedsättning
  • rörelsenedsättning

Status

Published

Report number

TVBB-3190

Research group

  • Evacuation

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1402-3504