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Using Smartphones for Indoor Fire Evacuation

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  • Tzu-Wen Kuo

    (Department of Architecture, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106335, Taiwan)

  • Ching-Yuan Lin

    (Department of Architecture, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106335, Taiwan)

  • Ying-Ji Chuang

    (Department of Architecture, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106335, Taiwan)

  • Gary Li-Kai Hsiao

    (Department of Preparedness and Emergency Response, Office of Disaster Management, New Taipei City 220242, Taiwan)

Abstract

Fire smoke reduces the visibility of emergency direction signs, rendering them ineffective for providing appropriate guidance along evacuation routes in a fire situation. This is problematic because civilians may select evacuation routes that expose them to smoke or fire in a burning building. This study proposed using a smartphone voice-guided evacuation system (SVGES) to provide alternative evacuation routes for civilians trapped at a fire scene. To verify the efficacy of the SVGES, experiments were conducted with 26 participants in a simulated fire scenario. The experimental results showed that when using the SVGES, the participants chose the safest evacuation route with a 100% successful evacuation rate.

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  • Tzu-Wen Kuo & Ching-Yuan Lin & Ying-Ji Chuang & Gary Li-Kai Hsiao, 2022. "Using Smartphones for Indoor Fire Evacuation," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(10), pages 1-8, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:10:p:6061-:d:816939
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