Emergency Evacuation Time Assessment for Manufacturing Facility of Pharmaceutical Industry

Timely and safe evacuation of employees from the building is a great task during unexpected disasters or emergency events. This study proposes a systematic approach of timely evacuation of employees who are engaged in hazardous operation involved in pharmaceutical industry. Pharmaceutical industry has greater risks of fire, explosion and release of toxic chemicals due to handling of various hazardous chemicals. Emergency evacuation refers safe evacuation of occupants from the building which seems to be very normal but within fraction of second if there is any delay during rescue or evacuation can lead to serious disaster or even fatality. During Fire and release of Toxic gases it is very difficult to evacuate from the building even rescue is also challengeable job for the emergency response team. This dissertation presents quantitative approach to analyze evacuation time from the building. The effectiveness of the evacuation components is strongly affected by the building use and the population involved. The review shows that evacuation models can be effectively employed to study relocation strategies and safety issues associated with high-rise buildings. The suitability of evacuation models for high-rise building evacuations is associated with their flexibility in representing different evacuation components and complex behavioral processes.