It is vital that the designer attains a reasonable estimate of the time for building occupants to respond and react to an alarm cue.

AFEC have developed in house models which automate accepted hand calculations for evacuation estimates.

We also have the capability to employ complex industry standard software which allows characteristics to be assigned to a buildings population to provide a reasonable cross section of the population with regards to mobility, commitment, social affiliations and position.

These results may be presented in a format that provides immediate information on items such as bottlenecks, pinch points, floor clearing times, building clearing times etc. The ability to examine these features at an early stage in the project allows significant flexibity in the design.

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