Abstract
Disastrous fires can cause death, injuries, and property damage. In certain cases, mass evacuations of buildings are also required to ensure safety. Building fires are particularly dangerous because of added factors such as confinement and height of buildings. Fire egress is essential to fire safety in buildings. Evaluating such safety is not easy since simulating fire egress with real subjects (and possibly with a real fire or smoke) poses ethical issues. There have been computer simulations of fire egress. However, current evacuee models are too simple and do not reflect the behavior of actual evacuees. This paper presents a comprehensive behavioral model and simulation of evacuees in a building fire. The fire egress simulation system is based on the behavioral model that is verified using simulation experiments. This simulation system can be used to evaluate the fire egress in actual buildings and can assist in determining fire safety standards. Simulation results are presented and future research is discussed.
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