Experimental data about the evacuation of preschool children from nursery schools, Part II: Movement characteristics and behaviour

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21110%2F23%3A00367074" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21110/23:00367074 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/68407700:21720/23:00367074

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2023.103797" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2023.103797</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2023.103797" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.firesaf.2023.103797</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Experimental data about the evacuation of preschool children from nursery schools, Part II: Movement characteristics and behaviour

Original language description

This article presents experimental data sets about the evacuation movement and behaviour of preschool children observed during 15 evacuation drills in 10 nursery schools in the Czech Republic involving 970 children (3–7 years of age) and 87 staff members. The movement characteristics and behaviour of the children were studied in 100 measurement areas defined on evacuation routes in corridors, on staircases, and in doorways. A total of 23 000 data points were gathered to investigate travel speeds, specific flows, densities, and their relationships, as well as movement behaviour and procedures during the evacuation drills. Variables of interest included the levels of physical assistance provided to children, hand holding behaviour, use of handrails, and footstep patterns on staircases (i.e., “marking time” patterns). The observations revealed that the movement characteristics of preschool-age children were age-dependent. On horizontal routes, higher travel speeds were measured in corridors (mean value 1.9 m s-1) than for landings of straight staircases (mean value 0.96 m s-1) and doorways (mean value 0.99 m s-1). Nine behavioural statements summarising the evacuation movement behaviour of preschool children observed in this study are presented in order to enrich future applicability of the findings in engineering applications (e.g., evacuation modelling).

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20101 - Civil engineering

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Fire Safety Journal

ISSN

0379-7112

e-ISSN

1873-7226

Volume of the periodical

139

Issue of the periodical within the volume

srpen

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

23

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

001012099600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85154033231