WAYFINDING EVACUATION BEHAVIOR IN A LARGE-SCALE STATION BASED ON ANALYSES OF PATH CHOICE AREA

- Study on the evacuation plan in railway stations in case of fire　Part 1 -

Abstract

The wayfinding experiments on evacuation in fire were carried out in two large terminal railway stations in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. The subjects were stranger to these stations. In addition, questionnaires about the fire evacuation behavior and knowledge of emergency information in a railway station were conducted for one hundred and forty-seven college students and the subjects of the wayfinding experiments. The results of this study are as follows; 1. The evacuee tends to follow the normal direction sign instead of the emergency exit sign in the station. 2. The evacuee decides his way in a crossing. 3. The evacuee selects his route tentatively or by a sense of distance if he is not able to find a clear direction sign