Case studies of large outdoor fires involving evacuations
Creators
- 1. Lund University
- 2. University of California Institute of Transportation Studies
- 3. National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster
- 4. Reax Engineering Inc.
- 5. Dept. of Wildlife Protection, Leh
- 6. Arup
- 7. Movement Strategies
- 8. Imperial College London
- 9. COWI
- 10. Massey University,
- 11. Technion- Israel Institute of Technology
- 12. NRC Canada
- 13. Kindling
- 14. The Hong Kong Polytech University
- 15. University at Buffalo
Description
This report presents a list of case studies concerning large outdoor fires involving evacuation. The report has been developed within the activities of the Emergency Management & Evacuation (EME) Subgroup of the Large Outdoor Fires & the Built Environment (LOF&BE) group of the International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). This work is deemed to be a useful starting point to build a large database of case studies and identify common trends and differences across such type of incidents.
The case studies presented are useful for the identification of critical issues related to evacuation scenarios due to large outdoor fires and could be used to identify lessons learnt based on the events. Spatial and temporal scales of past events can be reviewed and an analysis of their consequences could inform policy makers in further developing safety guidance and recommendations for emergency management and evacuation planning.
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Large Outdoor Fires_report_22_03_2021.pdf
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