Assessment of Health Risks for Rescue Workers in Evacuations During Person Transportation with Rescue Devices in Corrido

Elderly and other mobility reduced persons (PRM) are often dependent on the assistance of rescue workers in evacuations. However, only few rescue devices are suitable for evacuations in multi-storey environments, such as high-rise buildings. Moreover, eff

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Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, July 27–31, 2016, Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing Volume 491

Series editor Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland e-mail: [email protected]

About this Series The series “Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing” contains publications on theory, applications, and design methods of Intelligent Systems and Intelligent Computing. Virtually all disciplines such as engineering, natural sciences, computer and information science, ICT, economics, business, e-commerce, environment, healthcare, life science are covered. The list of topics spans all the areas of modern intelligent systems and computing. The publications within “Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing” are primarily textbooks and proceedings of important conferences, symposia and congresses. They cover significant recent developments in the field, both of a foundational and applicable character. An important characteristic feature of the series is the short publication time and world-wide distribution. This permits a rapid and broad dissemination of research results.

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Editor Pedro Arezes University of Minho Guimarães Portugal

ISSN 2194-5357 ISSN 2194-5365 (electronic) Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ISBN 978-3-319-41928-2 ISBN 978-3-319-41929-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-41929-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016943957 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to

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