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Simple Estimates of Combined StairWell / Elevator Egress in Buildings

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Author(s)

Paul A. Reneke, Richard D. Peacock, Bryan L. Hoskins

Abstract

This report is part of this effort to develop requirements for the use of elevators in tall building evacuations. It describes a simple tool to estimate combined stairwell / elevator egress time from buildings. It is based on methods developed in the Society for Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) Handbook for egress using stairwells and the work of Klote and Alvord on modeling elevator evacuations. A description of the theory and use of the model follows.
Citation
Technical Note (NIST TN) - 1722
Report Number
1722
NIST Pub Series
Technical Note (NIST TN)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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Keywords

building fires, egress, egress modeling, evacuation
Fire fighting

Citation

Reneke, P. , Peacock, R. and Hoskins, B. (2013), Simple Estimates of Combined StairWell / Elevator Egress in Buildings, Technical Note (NIST TN), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.1722 (Accessed April 18, 2024)

Created March 5, 2013, Updated November 10, 2018