An Evaluation of Hospital Evacuation Strategies with an Example (original) (raw)

Abstract

Function, aesthetics, strength, durability and economic criteria are kept at the forefront in building design. But when fire safety is concerned, due to not enough understanding of the seriousness of fire safety and lack of sufficient knowledge of architects and engineer, provisions of regulation cannot reflect to building design. How the measures architects and engineers take on the hospitals such as required special fire safety measures and regulations and what level at which they apply regulations is one of the objectives of the study. In addition, intended to be implemented through the clinical portion of the building by identification of problems that arose in the history of fire, is the purpose of the study. Deficiencies of clinics have been identified in in two stages. In the first stage determined that the hospital is appropriate to the fire regulations or not. In the second stage interviews had been made with serving staff, doctor, nurse, hospital management, patient and th...