04.The calculation of the required time to evacuate people from the premises in case of fire

Technicians CC «GRAND ATOM», calculate the time required to evacuate people from the premises during the simulated fire.

Evacuation Time – is the time that one person spends on the movement of the outermost point of the room, ie, the time during which people have to evacuate in time, without being affected by fire hazards.

Fires in buildings with a large presence of people such as multi-functional complexes, cinemas, clubs, restaurants, industrial buildings, etc. often accompanied by injuries to people. In an extreme degree it refers to the fast fire other than the intense impact on people hazards of fire. The widest possible protection method in such critical conditions, is pre-planning and organization of the timely evacuation of people from the premises in which the fire broke out. The object of protection must have the space-planning and technical execution, in which the number, size and design of the emergency routes and exits are determined depending on the required evacuation time. Required evacuation time is calculated as the product of the critical length for a man on fire safety factor. The critical length of the fire meant the time after which there is a dangerous situation due to the achievement of one of the PFD limit values for human values. Calculation of the evacuation time can be a stand-alone document or part of a fire risk calculations.