学校複合化施設における子供の火災避難行動に関する研究

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the influences of children'fire safety knowledge and spatial cognition on evacuation behavior in School-Community Complexes. We surveyed children at 8 schools with our questionnaire. The results are summarized as follows; 1) The ratio of routes away from the fire increase in proportion with the age of the children. 2) The majority of children have basic fire safety knowledge, but above half the number of children do not understand smoke flow and whether to open or shut windows in a fire. 3) Having spatial cognition influences more or less the judgment of a correct route, but it is not a determining factor. 4) Most children in a fire during recess tend to act in a group with their teachers.