Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2016, 18(4):117-122 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2016.4.117-122

Evacuation of Persons from Selected Departments in High-Rise Buildings of Healthcare Facilities

Silvie Benesova1, Isabela Bradacova1, Thomas Jager2
1 Department of Fire Protection, Faculty of Security Engineering, VSB-Technical University, Czech Republic
2 Munchen, Psytech GmbH, Germany

The article deals with the evacuation of persons from hospital bed wards in high-rise buildings of medical facilities. It presents a proposal for a systems approach and provides a subsequent supportive methodology and tools for planning and implementation of the evacuation of persons with disabilities, which is based on data collection and analysis.

Keywords: evacuation; evacuation plan; bed wards; patient classification; systematic methodology for evacuation

Published: November 30, 2016  Show citation

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Benesova, S., Bradacova, I., & Jager, T. (2016). Evacuation of Persons from Selected Departments in High-Rise Buildings of Healthcare Facilities. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 18(4), 117-122. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2016.4.117-122
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