Open AccessPerformance – based life safety analysis of the hospital building
Author(s) -
Natnaree Chiangaek,
Supat Patvichaichod
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/715/1/012008
Subject(s) - bottleneck , alarm , computer science , fire safety , simulation , code (set theory) , environmental science , engineering , embedded system , civil engineering , electrical engineering , programming language , set (abstract data type)
This study Performance – Based Life Safety Analysis of the Hospital Building reference NFPA 101, Life Safety Code. Four simulation scenarios were selected for this simulation. First, fire in a patient room; evacuation time is 2,847.3 seconds after the announcement. Second, fire in a storage room near the canteen; evacuation time is 3,014.5 seconds after the announcement. Third, from the first and second scenarios have a nonoperative fire alarm system which increases evacuation time that is 3,122.0 seconds and 3,235.8 seconds respectively. From simulation results shows that the first problem is the bottleneck at the fire escape door. It must be modified by expanding the door. And the second problem is the slow movement of the patient that has to solve the problem by having a staff to help evacuate.