Performance – based life safety analysis of the hospital building

Abstract

This study Performance – Based Life Safety Analysis of the Hospital Building reference NFPA 101, Life Safety Code. Four simulation scenarios were selected for this simulation. First, fire in a patient room; evacuation time is 2,847.3 seconds after the announcement. Second, fire in a storage room near the canteen; evacuation time is 3,014.5 seconds after the announcement. Third, from the first and second scenarios have a nonoperative fire alarm system which increases evacuation time that is 3,122.0 seconds and 3,235.8 seconds respectively. From simulation results shows that the first problem is the bottleneck at the fire escape door. It must be modified by expanding the door. And the second problem is the slow movement of the patient that has to solve the problem by having a staff to help evacuate.