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Live Member Webinar: In case of fire: Don't panic, use the lift

Live Webinar: October 22, 2024, from 10:00 - 11:00 A.M. EDT (-4 UTC)

Description:
Evacuation with elevators offers significant advantages for building evacuation. But is it necessary to make it complicated or expensive?

In this webinar, Dr. Axel Mossberg will delve into the following topics:

  • Background and history of elevator evacuation
  • What are the major benefits with elevator evacuation?
  • What are the major challenges of elevator evacuation?
  • Will people use the elevator in an evacuation?
  • How was the process and reasoning during the development of the Swedish standard on evacuation elevators?
  • What are remaining research gaps on the topic?

Learning Objectives:
Participants in this webinar are expected to learn:
  1. Learn the benefits of elevator evacuation.
  2. Learn how people will behave during an evacuation with elevators.
  3. Learn how solutions with elevator evacuation can be verified in design.

Target Audience:
Fire safety professionals (and others) interested in elevator evacuation. The seminar will cover topics relevant for everyone from fire safety designers to researchers in evacuation behaviour.

Speakers:

Axel Mossberg

Professional Development Credits:

1.0 PDH

Fees:
SFPE Members: Free
SFPE Non-members: $35.00
Click on the LIVE WEB EVENT to register

Questions? Please email us at education@sfpe.org