3.4 Calculation of the evacuation time
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3.4 Calculation of the evacuation time

 The following components should be considered:

  • .1 awareness time (A) should be 10 min for the night time scenarios and 5 min for the day time scenarios;

  • .2 method to calculate the travel time (T) is given in appendix 1; and

  • .3 embarkation time (E) and launching time (L).


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