Abstract

Currently, the number of elderly people aged 65 or older in Korea is increasing steadily, reaching 14.3 %. As the number of elderly people increases, the number of elderly welfare facilities such as nursing homes is also increasing, and the number of elderly welfare facilities has increased to 75,708 in 2016 from 50,517 in 2003. In November 2010, a fire occurred at an elderly care center in Pohang city, and There were 17 deaths and 10 injured. Since then National Fire Safety Code have been significantly strengthened. However, accidents of evacuees such as medical welfare facilities for the elderly are continuously occurring. Now, Institutional research on evacuation planning is underway in many areas. we calculated the evacuation time (ASET : Available Safe Egress Time) according to presence or absence of fire facilities and the evacuation time (RSET : Required safe egress time) associated with the type of building in the elderly medical welfare facilities. In this study, fire facilities, which are essential for elderly medical welfare facilities, are operated for efficient evacuation by using Pyrosim and Pathfinder for sofa in living facilities (elderly medical welfare facilities) And whether they can evacuate. The conclusion was that normal operation of fire facilities and additional building considerations (such as ramps and exit widths) could be identified for evacuation of non-durable patients.

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