Modelling of impact of fire on safe people evacuation in tunnel

Abstract

In this paper, the use of Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) and its evacuation module, Evac for modelling fire and people evacuation in a road tunnel is illustrated. For given fire scenario and traffic situation in the tunnel, behaviour of individual evacuees as well as groups of evacuees is analyzed in order to demonstrate the impact of fire on people evacuation. Some specific features of the use of FDS+Evac for simulation of people evacuation in case of tunnel fire are also discussed. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.