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Comparison of Pre-travel Time by Blood Alcohol Concentration during Evacuation of a Group of Visitors to a Publicly Used Establishment

다중이용업소 방문자 그룹의 피난 시 혈중알코올농도별 반응시간 비교

  • 오지석 (부경대 대학원 건축.소방공학부) ;
  • 오륜석 (부경대 지능형화재안전기술및행동과학연구소) ;
  • 최준호 (부경대 건축.소방공학부)
  • Received : 2021.03.23
  • Accepted : 2021.06.23
  • Published : 2021.07.30
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Abstract

In order to evaluate the risk of fire in multi-use establishments with a higher occupancy rate than other buildings, data on the evacuation behavior (evacuation time, walking speed, etc.) of drinkers are necessary. However, since the data on the evacuation behavior of drinkers are not generalized, fire risk assessments are being carried out on the evacuation behavior data of non-drinkers. Therefore, the results of assessments cannot be fully trusted. In this study, a real experiment was conducted to analyze the evacuation behavior of South Korean adults when they are drunken. In the experiment, the experimental participants were classified into groups according to the levels of drinking and the amounts of required time by group were measured by evacuation stage (recognition time, activity time, pre-travel time and response time). According to the experimental results, the required time of the group with the largest volume of drink was about 11.11 times longer in the recognition time, about 3.02 times in the activity time, and about 1.63 times longer in the pre-travel time than that of the group with the smallest volume of drink. However, it was found that their response time was shortened by about 0.5 times. When the experimental results were put together, in general, the amounts of required time by evacuation stage increased as the volume of drink increased.

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Acknowledgement

이 성과는 2018년도 정부(과학기술정보통신부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임(No. NRF-2018R1A2B3005951). 또한 이 연구는 2021년도 소방청 및 과학기술정보통신부가 출연하는 국민소방협력 초기대응 현장지원 기술개발사업의 재원으로 한국산업기술평가관리원의 지원을 받아 수행되었음. (과제번호: 20016433)

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