The Security Evaluation of the Emergent Evacuation Route for Existing Cram School — A Case Study on the District before the Taipei Railway Station

• Main Authors: Ching-Lin Cheng, 鄭慶麟
• Other Authors: 楊詩弘
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/97qp7f

碩士 === 國立臺北科技大學 === 建築與都市設計研究所 === 98 === Cram schools have long become an integral part of the educational system in Taiwan. The Taipei Railway Station area has the highest density of crams schools in the country offering more than a dozen different types of subject areas and skills training. However, many of the students are “crammed” into small classrooms, and there are instances where multiple schools are located in the same building, which could be hazardous in an emergency situation. The objective of this research is to study the evacuation routes and the equipments used during an emergency situation in cram schools. The sample covered in this research includes 50 middle school / high school level cram schools situated in the Taipei Railway Station vicinity established between July 1966 and December 2009. All of the cram schools in the sample have legally registered with the Taipei City Bureau of Education. The method of research includes questionnaire surveys, professional interviews, onsite investigation, and safety equipment performance validation. This research also further studies actual cases to examine the safety performance of cram schools. In two of the four cases, the evacuation time was over 40 minutes during an emergency situation, which could potentially cause severe casualties. The research concludes and recommends the following to improve emergency evacuation: 1. Establish the position of fire marshal at all of the cram schools, 2. Complete emergency evacuation plan, 3. Increase net-width of entrance/exist doorway, 4. Establish separate evacuation routes, and 5. Reduce maximum occupancy at each location This research hopes to provide government, cram school owners and researchers recommendations to improve emergency evacuation performance of cram schools, under the premise of complying with building safety codes.