Evacuation - A Mere Anxiety in a Skyscraper

 

Working as well as living at a height is an unavoidable situation nowadays in our modern living pattern. As the number of skyscrapers is increasing, the number of safety issues is also growing in high consideration. Problems can be natural or man-made, and safety and security have always been a big deal. High-rise buildings that are built keeping utmost attention to beauty, fame, economy, associations, and commemorations, must think about the skyscraper evacuation problem and the proper solution to it.

Investigation

To maintain a proper evacuation system in a skyscraper, the first thing which is needed is the proper investigation of the building. Experts need to inspect and note down all the exit points and take extra precautions to check the marked exit routes. They need to pay particular attention if the escape routes are being compromised or obstructed. They might get additional challenges if evacuation were being done at night, a person including in a wheelchair, a child, or a visitor who is unfamiliar with the building plan. All the inspections must be done with proficiency.

Planning

After a successful investigation, there needs to be perfect planning based on the outcome of the inspection. Quick evacuation for a large number of people in a short time in high-rise buildings has now become a worldwide problem being explored by professionals. This problem becomes more difficult due to the feature of multiple floors, height, and concentrated people. Elevators possess intrinsic value in these buildings. But at the time of emergency, all the elevators stop working. And maximum pressure goes to the lower part of the buildings. So staircases and sideways are the mere route to exit. Vertical self-descending lift, landing escaping bag, and tilt slideway escaper, are some demanding equipment in the crisis period. For fire emergencies, the alarm should function properly.

Maintenance and license

Proper maintenance of the evacuation equipment is very important so that it can work according to the need in a distressing situation. The license of this equipment should be renewed in time.

Evacuation drill

Once the emergency skyscraper evacuation system plan is successfully generated, it is important to test and drill several times a year with a large number of people. The proper plan of action must be inferred from all the people residing there or related to that building.

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 Skyscraper Evacuation System

 

Normal buildings have a simple type of evacuation system but the skyscraper evacuation system or evacuation system of large commercial or industrial buildings are completely different. Skyscrapers or high-rise buildings need to have some legal compliances fulfilled which are laid out by the government and competent authorities. Since large numbers of people are associated with a skyscraper; skyscrapers are an excellent tourist destination and attract a large number of tourists to it, the safety of the tourist should be ensured first with utmost importance and also the safety of people working in such high-rise buildings needs to be taken care of.

The height of the skyscrapers poses' major threat during any kind of emergency and that's the reason why companies need to implement a skyscraper evacuation system and integrate it with their emergency plan.

A good evacuation plan will take a few minutes to evacuate a normal building but skyscrapers or high-rise buildings which are over 10 storied buildings will require more than 2-3 hours for the evacuation process to take place. Human beings have been able to make skyscrapers only because elevators were invented, which could take people to their desired destination within the building in no minutes but the elevators will be out of service during an emergency which is the only path or the easiest path to travel within a skyscraper. And, now that possesses a huge challenge in front of the first responders who will be carrying out the rescue operation or the evacuation process.

Certain factors that need to be considered while the evacuation process is taking place: volume of the traffic, population density and the vertical distance of the skyscraper.

A skyscraper evacuation process must be well detailed and planned, which can be delivered at the earliest possible time. Other than the safety of normal human beings, the safety of physically challenged employees and tourists, as well as the safety of valuable assets has to be taken care of with utmost importance.

Now, let's take a look at the factors which needs to be looked into while carrying out an evacuation process: -

·        Develop Effective Emergency Procedures – Skyscrapers are not normal buildings and therefore, requires a special emergency evacuation plan. The management needs to sit down with safety consultants or high-rise building evacuation experts to implement well-planned and effective emergency procedures.

·        Keeping Count – Keeping a headcount is one of the most important aspects of an emergency. And, keeping track of every person is also important which can be done by installing safety software that simultaneously identifies up to 700 people per second and also counters human behaviour.

·        Emergency Evacuation Equipment – In an emergency, devices such as walkie-talkies, software communicating to first responders via mobile app, RFID cards play a major role and these safety equipment needs to be kept updated and in running condition to avoid any unprecedented situation.

·        Well-Informed Building Manager – Since the structure of skyscrapers is complex. The building managers must be well-educated about the structure of the building, the escape routes, alternative escape routes. The building managers need to learn all these things with extreme importance and their staff as well who will be the big players during an emergency.

 

Hence, it is very important to implement a skyscraper evacuation system to ensure utmost safety and security is provided to both visitors and employees. The safety of important assets is to be considered as well.