EXIT89: An Evacuation Model for High-Rise Buildings - Recent Enhancements and Example Applications.
EXIT89: An Evacuation Model for High-Rise Buildings -
Recent Enhancements and Example Applications.
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Fahy, R. F.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
and Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE).
International Conference on Fire Research and
Engineering (ICFRE). Proceedings. September 10-15,
1995, Orlando, FL, SFPE, Boston, MA, Lund, D. P.;
Angell, E. A., Editor(s)(s), 332-337 pp, 1995.
Sponsor:
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, MD
Keywords:
fire research; high rise buildings; evacuation; time
lag; handicapped; occupants
Abstract:
The origin and basic features of EXIT89 have been
described in previous papers. This paper will
concentrate on a brief discussion of the framework of
the model, a description of recent enhancements made to
the model and will present example applications of the
model that illustrate some of its features. EXIT89 was
designed to model the evacuation of a large building
with the capability of tracking each occupant
individually. The output of this model, in combination
with a fire and smoke movement model using the same
building layout, can be used to predict the effects of
cumulative exposure to the toxic environment present in
a structure fire.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899