Essays about: "Fire Evacuation"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 66 essays containing the words Fire Evacuation.
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1. Exploring the Feasibility of Using Fire Dynamics Simulator to Improve the Calculation of the Wildfire Available Safe Egress Time
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för BrandteknikAbstract : Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires pose a significant threat to public safety and property in areas where urban development encroaches upon natural landscapes. This thesis aims to investigate the effect of smoke from a WUI fire on the tenability conditions of a small village and to establish a worst-case-scenario trigger boundary around it as an improved basis for the WUI available safe egress time (WASET). READ MORE
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2. Teachers’ Perception of Factors Delaying Evacuation of School Children
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för BrandteknikAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to study teachers’ perception of children’s ability to evacuate, thus learning about children’s evacuation behavior. Questions of interest are teachers’ perception of children’s ability to evacuate, their behavior, if there are any misconceptions in the teachers’ perception and how fire evacuation drills influence the teachers’ perceptions. READ MORE
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3. The design of evacuation alarms for people who are deaf or hard of hearing
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för BrandteknikAbstract : The ability to hear is essential for receiving auditory signals, which serve as warnings and alerts in many situations, including fire evacuation. However, people with hearing impairments may miss out such signals and can be exposed to dangerous situations. READ MORE
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4. Integrating Fire Evacuation into the Building Information Modelling Workflow
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för BrandteknikAbstract : Building Information Modelling (BIM) is arising gradually as a useful methodology in the AEC field. One of the many benefits of BIM is coordination between stakeholders from multiple disciplines. However, the field of Fire Safety Engineering (FSE) is relatively lagging by its lack of integration into this digital workflow. READ MORE
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5. The Application of a Wildfire Evacuation Tool to Swedish locations
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för BrandteknikAbstract : WUI-NITY is a computer modelling program for wildfire evacuation simulations. This thesis examines the applicability of WUI-NITY to locations in Sweden. The program was tested at example locations representing the Swedish landscape. READ MORE