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Evacuation & Human Behaviour

Assessment of human response, required egress time (RSET), and margin against available safe egress time (ASET).

Concepts

• Available Safe Egress Time
• Available safe egress time (ASET)
• Evacuation modelling
• Evacuation time (RSET)
• Flow through exits
• Human behaviour in fire
• Occupant load
• Pre-Movement Time
• Required Safe Egress Time
• Walking speed

Tools

• RSET Tool
  Preliminary estimation of Required Safe Egress Time (RSET) in selected scenarios.

Technical Notes

No technical notes published for this domain.

Methodological references

• ISO 16738 — Fire safety engineering — Assessment of fire safety in buildings using evacuation models
• NFPA 101 — Life Safety Code
• Peacock et al. (2004) — Movement on Stairs During Building Evacuations
• SFPE Guide - Human Behavior — SFPE Engineering Guide to Human Behavior in Fire
• SFPE Handbook (5th) — SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering, Fifth Edition