Stairwell Evacuation Study Finds 'What We Know We Don't Know'
Saturday, March 28, 2009 - 16:14
in Mathematics & Economics
Most of the time, we use the stairs in buildings -- especially in high-rise structures -- only as a back-up for faster elevators and escalators, but during a fire or other emergency, stairs become our primary passage to survival. In a new study, researchers examined what we know about how stairs work as an emergency evacuation route and found that the answer is... not nearly enough.