Modeling emergency evacuation from group homes.
The goal of this study is to describe a methodology for estimating the necessary time for resident evacuation. A network description of the building together with a simulation model of occupant movement are used to evacuate alternative egress and rescue policies.
D004189:Disaster Planning; D005390:Fires; D006801:Humans; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013996:Time and Motion Studies; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000379:methods*