FIRE ENGINEERING — EVACUATION (EGRESS) MODELLING · CASE STUDY
Los Angeles Hotel Fire Evacuation — Inputs
NATIVE SIMULEX RESULTS (17 runs) — inputs assumed; CP1–CP4 NOT APPROVED; no ASET/fire model
Inputs (assumed)
Note
Every input below is ASSUMED or a DEVELOPMENT PLACEHOLDER chosen for the study; a fire engineer must set project values.
Building and occupants
| Input | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Building | Single storey; 15 detached light wood-frame guest cabins (30 m² each, 2 occupants, one accessible), office 48 m², open courtyard 960 m²; plan 52 × 36 m | ASSUMED |
| Fire protection | No sprinklers; manual alarm; smoke alarms in guest rooms | ASSUMED |
| Population | 29: 27 guests (Simulex 'Hotel' type), 1 guest in the accessible cabin (Simulex 'All Disabled' type), 1 night clerk | ASSUMED |
| Walking speeds | Simulex occupant types (hotel population mix) replace the scenario speeds; Simulex has no wheelchair body type | ASSUMED |
Response (pre-movement) times
| Case | Distribution | Used in | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guests asleep, alarm only | uniform 60–900 s (entered as 480 ± 420 s) | BASE, ALT-ALL, ALT-EXIT | DEVELOPMENT PLACEHOLDER |
| Guests woken by staff | uniform 30–300 s (entered as 165 ± 135 s) | ALT-WARN, ALT-WARN-EXIT | DEVELOPMENT PLACEHOLDER |
| Night clerk (awake) | 60 s fixed | all | DEVELOPMENT PLACEHOLDER |
Sanitised derivative of preserved evidence (simulex-HXM01-20261024, simulex-HXO01-20261024-r2, simulex-JOB-20261024). Plots and the report were drawn by Hexanta from values in the Simulex results files; screenshots are cropped and visually reviewed. Nothing was re-simulated. · Pack la-hotel-evacuation-r3 (built 2026-10-25); every file is checked against its SHA-256 before it is shown.