A Study on the Recognition of the Use of Evacuation Equipment and Safety Experience Education

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the degree of recognition of evacuation equipment as well as facilitate the improvement of education. Over 300 specialist groups related to work and education nationwide were selected, without selecting the scope of the region; a questionnaire survey on evacuation equipmentwas conducted. The collected data were analyzed statisticallyusing the SPSS 20.0 program. The questionnaire consisted of general characteristics, knowledge level of evacuation equipment, degree of experience, safety education, educational methods, importance of evacuation equipment, and so on. The results of the questionnaire analysis indicated that, “I very much think so” was most commonly selected for the question “Various types of education in which experiential and theoretical education coexist are necessary.” The analysis showed that evacuation device education obtained through experiential education is suitable once or twice a year or two to three times in three years. It is necessary to make efforts to improve the safety education method for evacuation equipment and the direction of education according to the importance of safety experience education.

Evaluation of Evacuation Time for Each Evacuation Equipment in Neighborhood Facilities: Focused on Descending Lifeline and Elevating Equipment for Evacuation

“…According to the results of the survey, the proportion of using descending lifelines was approximately 77%; moreover, descending lifelines were used because their installation is simple and they can be installed in a small area. The necessity of evaluation equipment was emphasized in several previous studies [6][7][8][9][10], but the performance of evacuation equipment was quantitatively analyzed through mock-up experiments in only a few studies. Thus, in this study, mock-up experiments were performed to quantitatively analyze the performance of a descending lifeline, which is most commonly used in Korea, and elevating evacuation equipment, which is evaluated to be highly suitable for high-rise buildings.…”