Risk assessment of building fire evacuation with stochastic obstructed emergency exit

Fire evacuation simulation for buildings has greatly enhance the safety of escaping efficiently and give valuable insight for better layout permutation. The aim of this article is to evaluate the safety risk of fire evacuation given a random chance that emergency exits are obstructed. A case study o...

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Main Authors: Shariff, G. N., Yong, J. C.E., Salleh, Norsaremah, Siow, Chee Loon
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
English
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2020
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author Shariff, G. N.
Yong, J. C.E.
Salleh, Norsaremah
Siow, Chee Loon
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Yong, J. C.E.
Salleh, Norsaremah
Siow, Chee Loon
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description Fire evacuation simulation for buildings has greatly enhance the safety of escaping efficiently and give valuable insight for better layout permutation. The aim of this article is to evaluate the safety risk of fire evacuation given a random chance that emergency exits are obstructed. A case study of evacuation pathway was evaluated against fire safety codes and practices in Malaysia. AnyLogic was used to simulate fire evacuation, assuming peak occupancy, with three randomly obstructed emergency exit pathways. Results show that though the floorplan fulfils safety criteria, the risk was high which requires adjustment. Monte Carlo analysis indicates the performance of risk of obstruction of all three emergency exits at one percent probability. Risk assessment points to the need of a minimum number of emergency exits by floor area per exit basis and a reconfiguration of floorplan layout.
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spelling iium-824362020-08-26T01:38:04Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/82436/ Risk assessment of building fire evacuation with stochastic obstructed emergency exit Shariff, G. N. Yong, J. C.E. Salleh, Norsaremah Siow, Chee Loon HD61 Risk Management HV551.2 Emergency management Fire evacuation simulation for buildings has greatly enhance the safety of escaping efficiently and give valuable insight for better layout permutation. The aim of this article is to evaluate the safety risk of fire evacuation given a random chance that emergency exits are obstructed. A case study of evacuation pathway was evaluated against fire safety codes and practices in Malaysia. AnyLogic was used to simulate fire evacuation, assuming peak occupancy, with three randomly obstructed emergency exit pathways. Results show that though the floorplan fulfils safety criteria, the risk was high which requires adjustment. Monte Carlo analysis indicates the performance of risk of obstruction of all three emergency exits at one percent probability. Risk assessment points to the need of a minimum number of emergency exits by floor area per exit basis and a reconfiguration of floorplan layout. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2020-03-19 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/82436/2/82436_Risk%20Assessment%20of%20Building%20Fire%20Evacuation%20with%20Stochastic%20Obstructed%20Emergency%20Exit_ft.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/82436/1/82436_Risk%20Assessment%20of%20Building%20Fire%20Evacuation%20with%20Stochastic%20Obstructed%20Emergency%20Exit_scopus.pdf Shariff, G. N. and Yong, J. C.E. and Salleh, Norsaremah and Siow, Chee Loon (2020) Risk assessment of building fire evacuation with stochastic obstructed emergency exit. In: 4th International Conference and Workshops on Recent Advances and Innovations in Engineering, ICRAIE 2019;, 28th - 29th November 2019, Kedah, Malaysia. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9037753 10.1109/ICRAIE47735.2019.9037753
spellingShingle HD61 Risk Management
HV551.2 Emergency management
Shariff, G. N.
Yong, J. C.E.
Salleh, Norsaremah
Siow, Chee Loon
Risk assessment of building fire evacuation with stochastic obstructed emergency exit
title Risk assessment of building fire evacuation with stochastic obstructed emergency exit
title_full Risk assessment of building fire evacuation with stochastic obstructed emergency exit
title_fullStr Risk assessment of building fire evacuation with stochastic obstructed emergency exit
title_full_unstemmed Risk assessment of building fire evacuation with stochastic obstructed emergency exit
title_short Risk assessment of building fire evacuation with stochastic obstructed emergency exit
title_sort risk assessment of building fire evacuation with stochastic obstructed emergency exit
topic HD61 Risk Management
HV551.2 Emergency management
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/82436/1/82436_Risk%20Assessment%20of%20Building%20Fire%20Evacuation%20with%20Stochastic%20Obstructed%20Emergency%20Exit_scopus.pdf