Experimental study of occupants' situational awareness during a fire by sounding of wireless, interconnected alarm smoke detectors at a small‐scale hostel that was originally a single‐family house

Author:

Minegishi Yoshikazu1ORCID,Takahashi Wataru2,Ikehata Yuka3

Affiliation:

1. Department of Fire Engineering Building Research Institute Tsukuba Japan

2. ING Co. Ltd. Tokyo Japan

3. Taisei Advanced Center of Technology, Taisei Corporation Yokohama Japan

Abstract

AbstractIn recent years, there has been an increasing demand for small‐scale hostels, such as vacation rentals, known as “minpaku” in Japanese, which were originally single‐family houses. To convert these buildings for use as accommodation facilities, improvements must be made to fire evacuation safety measures. An effective and reasonable measure for this improvement is the installation of wireless, interconnected alarm smoke detectors. We conducted experiments to examine how sleeping guests recognize these alarms when they are activated. Eleven participants experienced the alarm sounding while sleeping at night and while awake during the daytime at a wooden cottage. They were exposed to three different sounding patterns. In the sleeping experiment, 9 of 11 participants were woken up by alarms sounding in other rooms, while the remaining two were woken up by alarms in their own rooms. However, those two participants had difficulty understanding the meaning of the voice alarm clearly. The voice stated, “Other detector was activated,” indicating a fire in another room and urging evacuation, even though there was no smoke in their room. Comprehension of the alarm system is essential for guests to understand its intentions accurately and make proper decisions regarding evacuation.

Publisher

Wiley

Reference35 articles.

1. Housing Comprehensive Development Division Housing Bureau Ministry of Land Infrastructure Transport and Tourism: Collection of case studies in measures against vacant houses Initiatives to deal with vacant houses in collaboration with private business 2021.3. Accessed June 5 2024.https://www.mlit.go.jp/jutakukentiku/house/content/001407762.pdf(in Japanese).

2. Ministry of Home Affairs.Ordinance No. 17 of Showa 56 Ministerial Ordinance Establishing Technical Standards for Fire Alarm Equipment Detectors and Transmitters.1981(in Japanese).

3. Fire and Disaster Management Agency.Notification No. 2 Technical Standards for Installation and Maintenance of Automatic Fire Alarm Equipment for Specified Small‐Scale Facilities.2008(in Japanese).

4. Equipment Section Prevention Division Fire and Disaster Management Agency Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication: Study on Installation Standards for Automatic Fire Alarm Equipment for Specified Small‐Scale Facilities 2020.7. Accessed June 5 2024 https://www.fdma.go.jp/mission/prevention/suisin/items/r02_0706‐3.pdf(in Japanese).

5. Sound transmission loss from corridors to rooms: Implications for locating fire alarm sounders

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3