2 Craft characteristics
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2 Craft characteristics

 The high-speed craft considered is a category B craft with a total capacity of 800 persons (784 passengers and 16 crew members). As shown in figure 1, when the order to abandon the craft is given, passengers are distributed in the public spaces on two decks (210 on the upper deck and 574 on the lower deck), the lower deck is equipped with 4 MES. The structural fire protection time (SPF) is 60 min.

Figure 1 Sketch of the considered high-speed craft


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