In my master thesis I studied fire scenarios from the Lipa Wellness Centre. I was most interested in the evacuation time and the impact of obstacles, visibility and the psychological readiness of the occupants on the evacuation time itself.
The analysis was managed using AutoCAD, Pathfinder and PyroSim. I observed eight selected people in selected rooms.
First, I drew an evacuation plan for the Lipa Wellness Centre in AutoCAD. I then entered the data into Pathfinder and analysed the evacuation process of the selected persons themselves and the impact of the obstacles on their evacuation time.
Next, I analysed the premises of the Lipa Wellness Centre in the PyroSim computer programme, where I ran two fire scenarios. I was interested in the evacuation time of each selected person in relation to the impact of visibility. All people in the selected rooms were affected by the smoke.
Smoke and poor visibility severely weakened everyone in the room. Evacuation times increase significantly with low visibility and impassable evacuation routes.
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