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A Study of Evacuation in Elderly Care Facilities Fire

요양시설 화재 시 피난에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2017.09.21
  • Accepted : 2017.11.03
  • Published : 2017.11.30

Abstract

The development of science and technology has increased the average life expectancy and resulted in a significant increase in the elderly population. Due to the preponderance of the nuclear family in modern society and the weakening of the spirit of filial piety and respect for the elderly caused by the influence of Western civilization, elderly people are usually not living with their family, but have become dependent on elderly care facilities and, consequently, the number of elderly care facilities has increased significantly. On May 28, 2014, a fire occurred in the elderly care facilities in Jangseong, South Jeolla Province, and despite the rapid extinction of the fire by firefighters, 21 of the 28 casualties died due to smoke inhalation. This study was conducted for the purpose of providing measures to prevent smoke from entering into the rooms from which elderly people have difficulty evacuating in the case of fire. The use of the air curtain method to prevent smoke inflow was proposed and an experiment was conducted in which smoke was generated with a smoke generator. As a result of the experiment, it was confirmed that more than 90% of the smoke inflow was blocked if the door was closed in the room where the air curtain was installed.

과학기술의 발달로 인류의 평균 수명이 늘어나고 그에 따라 노인 인구의 수가 크게 증가하게 되었다. 이러한 노인 인구들은 현대 사회의 핵가족화, 노령화, 서구문명의 영향에 따른 경로 효친 사상의 약화 등에 따라 가족과의 동거가 아닌 노인전문 시설에서 요양하게 되는 경우가 크게 증가하였으며, 이에 맞추어 노인요양시설의 수가 크게 증가하고 있는 추세이다. 그러나 최근 2014년 5월 28일 전남 장성에 위치한 노인요양병원에서 화재가 발생하였는데, 소방대원의 빠른 화재 진압에도 불구하고 사상자 28명 중 21명이 연기로 인한 질식으로 인해 사망하였다. 이러한 사고들에 대하여 화재 시 대피가 어려운 노인들이 위치한 병실로 연기유입을 방지하기 위한 대책을 마련하고자 본 연구를 진행하였다. 연기유입 방지를 위해서 에어커튼 방식을 이용하는 것으로 계획하고 연기발생기로 연기를 발생시켜 실험을 진행하였다. 실험 결과 에어 커튼이 설치된 병실에 병실 문이 닫혀 있을 경우 90% 이상의 연기유입을 차단하는 효과를 확인하였다.

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