Identification of factors having an impact on the moment of commencing the evacuation of people from a vessel

Abstract

In the paper factors having an impact on the time imperative to recognize the situation and to make decision to undertake action are discussed. It will be shown how the right moment to start evacuation is determined nowadays in normative documents for evacuation analysis and what methods of exact determination of such time are suggested. The moment of starting the evacuation can significantly influence the fact the very process of the evacuation will not be kept within the time limits available for carrying it out and the conditions for preventing risk to life and health will be exceeded.

Keywords

• evacuation of people
• conditions for preventing risk to life and health