Evaluation Of Safety Awareness And Perception Of Wayfinding Tools Among Students And Staff In Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia
This dissertation examines safety awareness and perception of wayfinding tools among students and staff in Engineering Campus, Universit Sains Malaysia (USM). That focus is to investigate the understanding of students and staff about location of evacuation plans, emergency buttons, emergency exit...
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| Format: | Monograph |
| Language: | English |
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
2022
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/57640/ http://eprints.usm.my/57640/1/Evaluation%20Of%20Safety%20Awareness%20And%20Perception%20Of%20Wayfinding%20Tools%20Among%20Students%20And%20Staff%20In%20Engineering%20Campus%2C%20Universiti%20Sains%20Malaysia.pdf |
| Summary: | This dissertation examines safety awareness and perception of wayfinding tools
among students and staff in Engineering Campus, Universit Sains Malaysia (USM).
That focus is to investigate the understanding of students and staff about location of
evacuation plans, emergency buttons, emergency exit sign, assembly area and
evacuation route. A conducted survey with 185 respondents shows that the level of
safety awareness and perception of wayfinding tools among students and staff in
Engineering Campus, USM are good based on findings of this study. More precisely, a
significant percentage of respondents know the sound of an emergency alarm (78.95%),
know where to find the evacuation plan/map (74.2%), know where the emergency exits
(90.9%) and know the assembly area to escape (91.85%). In terms of demographic
differences, results from Mann Whitney U Test revealed that there is no significance
difference in safety awareness and perception on wayfinding tools between males and
females. Besides, experience in evacuation or safety education and training influences
safety awareness and perception of wayfinding tools among student and staff in
Engineering Campus, USM. This is because with experience and training in
safety/evacuation, people will be more aware about safety and wayfinding tools
compare to not experience people. Additionally, results from Kruskall-Wallis Test also
show that no significance difference between age group and the level of educational
background. The results of this study can assist university management in creating
suitable strategies, design solutions, training, and educational campaigns for efficient
and secure transfers. Moreover, the outcome is also a valuable resource in developing
and verifying mathematical and theoretical models aiming to study students and staff’
evacuation in an emergency situation. |
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