%0 Journal Article
%T Predicting the Evacuation Capability of Mobility-Impaired Occupants
%J Fire technology
%D 1997
%A Rubadiri, Lindiwe
%A Ndumu, Divine T.
%A Roberts, John P.
%V 33
%N 1
%P 32-53
%X Evacuation models have generally failed to provide adequate mechanisms for predicting the evacuation capability of mobility-impaired occupants, particularly with regards to predicting the effects of different escape route designs on such occupants' evacuation performance. This paper briefly reviews empiric evacuation models and presents a new procedure for predicting the evacuation capability of mobility-impaired occupants. Predictions that result from our procedure are compared to recorded times from observed hotel evacuations.<p />
%G 
%I Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group
%@ 0015-2684
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1015318311881