2 Definitions
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2 Definitions

  2.1 Persons load is the number of persons considered in the means of escape calculations contained in chapter 13 of the Fire Safety Systems (FSS) Code (resolution MSC.98(73)).

  2.2 Awareness time (A) is the time it takes for people to react to the situation. This time begins upon initial notification (e.g., alarm) of an emergency and ends when the passenger has accepted the situation and begins to move towards an assembly station.

  2.3 Travel time (T) is defined as the time it takes for all persons on board to move from where they are upon notification to the assembly stations and then on to the embarkation stations.

  2.4 Embarkation time (E) and launching time (L), the sum of which defines the time required to provide for abandonment by the total number of persons on board.

Parent topic: Annex 1 - Guidelines for a Simplified Evacuation Analysis for New and Existing Passenger Ships
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