The status quo of fire evacuation drills in nursery schools
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21110%2F25%3A00385732" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21110/25:00385732 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/68407700:21240/25:00385732
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2025.106915" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2025.106915</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2025.106915" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ssci.2025.106915</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The status quo of fire evacuation drills in nursery schools
Original language description
Fire drills are a commonly-used training method for improving how people act in emergency situations. This article deals with fire drills in early childhood education facilities and analyses data gathered from an online survey of 1 151 Czech nursery schools (23.5% of nursery schools invited to participate, 21.5% of all officially registered nursery schools in Czechia). It provides recommendations for improving the effectiveness of fire drills in nursery schools. Results suggest that regular (typically annual) fire drills are common training practices at these schools, but more frequent fire drills led to significantly fewer issues during evacuation. The most frequent evacuation issue encountered during fire drills, according to our data, was slow movement. Many children needed assistance, notably on stairs; nursery schools located only on the ground floor reported fewer issues during evacuation than other schools. The purpose, design, and implementation of fire drills with our study confirming results from prior studies must be properly integrated into complex and systematic fire safety education programs that specifically reflect the characteristics, needs, and possible limitations of preschool children.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - 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
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Safety Science
ISSN
0925-7535
e-ISSN
1879-1042
Volume of the periodical
191
Issue of the periodical within the volume
November
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
001512871700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105008134616