Abstract:
"A fire evacuation plan is a plan that outlines the procedures for safely evacuating people
from a building in the event of a fire. It is an important aspect of fire safety management,
as it helps to ensure that people can safely evacuate a building and get to a safe place
in the event of a fire. a fire evacuation plan is an important tool for ensuring the safety
of people in a building in the event of a fire. It should include designated evacuation
routes, assembly points, an emergency notification system, training and drills, and clear
responsibilities for building management and employees.
The purpose and the aim of this project are to analyze the factors affecting the
inefficiency of the traditional fire evacuation system in Sri Lankan small and mediumsized enterprises and to design, develop, test, and evaluate an application that would let
the firemen access occupant locations easily, and automate assembly point headcount.
The author conducted a pilot study among a sample group of people and a literature
review on the topic of fire evacuation management to learn the current problems and
gaps which has been raised and the methods to solve them. The pilot study was
conducted among a group of 30 people and many of them stated that occupants find it
hard to evacuate at a fire emergency situation, whereas 66.7% responders have stated
that stressed crowds make it the most hardest to evacuate out of the emergency case.
Moreover, 86.7% of the responders are not aware of the procedures that need to be done
at the assemble point. The responders have also mentioned that many number of
companies or universities have never conducted fire drills at their premises.
To address the current problems the author is proposing FireEvac, an emergency fire
evacuation guidance, and management system."
