considerations on the rescue design

1、<p>　　Considerations on the rescue design</p><p>　　Abstract: From the macro and micro perspectives, this paper respectively expoundsthe design principles and design countermeasures of the rescue design.

2、 It also discusses how to convert the design into real product. The aim is to rethink the significance of design to life and the relation between them from a designer’s viewpoint when confronting so many disasters and tr

3、agedies. </p><p>　　Key words: rescue; existence; desig </p><p>　　1. Main text </p><p>　　From the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia to the 2008 snow disaster in Southern China, from the 2008

4、 great Wenchuan earthquake in China to the 2001 great tsunami in Japan. Unexpected nature disasters are happening every minter in the world. The disasters bring us the grief of having lost the relatives and sweet homelan

5、d, and meanwhile give us the bloody warnings. As designers, whether or not we can find out what the design can do for the disasters from the prospective of our major, rethink how to carry</p><p>　　2.Thoughts

6、 on rescue design from micrographic view </p><p>　　2.1 Classification of the design of rescue equipment Second point </p><p>　　Rescue design is also called design for life. The rescue equipments

7、 refer to all maneuverable tools that could be used to save the life and the property of the victim during the disaster. According to different rescue subjects and different kinds of calamities ,the rescue equipment coul

8、d be classified as follow. </p><p>　　2.2 According to the classification of subject. </p><p>　　Rescue subject refers to the worker who play the leading role in the rescue project. It includes th

9、e professional rescuers and the victims who do the self-aid. Rescue equipments used by the professional rescuers are always large in size, more technical in operation and more effective and powerful in the rescue at the

10、same time. Such as the vehicles for transportation and communication, sails and mini helicopters, various kinds of tools for lifting ,picking and handling, equipments for storing li</p><p>　　According to dif

11、ferent causes of the disasters. The disaster rescue equipment could be divided into two kinds. The first kind of rescue equipments are used in the nature accident beyond control, the second kind of rescue equipments are

12、used in the man-made disaster. the nature disasters are mainly the unexpected storm, flood, drought, typhoon, storm surge, freezing injury, hail, thunder, earthquake, volcanic eruption, mud-rock flow, landslide, landslip

13、e, insect pestand so on. These could cause e</p><p>　　4. The design principle of the rescue of equipment </p><p>　　To be or not to be is determined by the quality of design to a certain degree.

14、From the angle of product design, this paper discusses the design principle of the rescue equipment. </p><p>　　4.1 Security principle </p><p>　　The security principle requires that the rescue eq

15、uipment should guarantee the security of the rescuers, victims, and the rescue environment during use. Guarantee the safety of the rescue subject. Rescue subject refers to the worker who play the leading role in the resc

16、ue project. The safety of the rescue is related to the efficiency and the result of the relief work. Guarantee the safety of the victim. The safety of the victim is the ultimate purpose of the relief work, whether the vi

17、ctim is sa</p><p>　　Simple operation principle requires that the rescue equipment must be in conformity with the principle of the human engineering and designed under the accustomed operation. Because of the

18、 special rescue environment, during the rescue precss, the rescuers and the victims will have manifestation of anxiety and fear ,which made the disorder of ability to control the body. While the equipments that are in co

19、nformity with the man-machine and accustomed operation could improve the efficiency and save </p><p>　　4.3 Warning principle </p><p>　　The disaster-relief work should adhere to the principle of

20、giving priority to the warning, we need to put prevention first and minimize the loss result from the disaster. Therefore the rescue equipment design should include the design of emergent warning products. Such as the al

21、arm, disaster monitor. </p><p>　　4.4 Rapidity principle </p><p>　　The rescue work is a race against time, during the process, the efficiency of the rescue equipments concerns the whole schedule

22、of rescue. For instance, the safety hammer equiped for the bus is light and convenient, it could creat the escape opportunity promptly. However, the pity is there is no such design in this during bus accident, which brin

23、g a devastating disaster to the passengers closed in the bus. Therefore, the designer should pay attention to the efficiency of the products during the </p><p>　　4.5 Summary </p><p>　　To take th

24、e self-aid in the bus for instance ,the new bus should be equiped with life saving tools, such as the emergent door open button, manual door open device, engine auto extinguishing equipment. To produce with flame-resisti

25、ng materials, use the windows that could push and pull, the closed window that could open in emergency and safety hammer that could alarm. These equipments all present the safety ,simple operation ,warning and rapidity d

26、esign principles of the rescue design. At the same</p><p>　　5. Thoughts on rescue design countermeasure from macrographic view. </p><p>　　5.1. Perfect the policy guarantee. 　　It is understood t

27、hat under the circumstance when all the countries are facing the same disaster, some developing country suffer the loss of 80% of its GDP, while that of the developed countries is only 4%.Thus can be seen that, though th

28、e disaster is terrible, the precise forecast and accurate measures could minimize the threat of the disaster.The relief and reconstruction work after the Wenchuan earthquake is very successful. This is due to the followi

29、ng a</p><p>　　5.2. The realization of rescue design. </p><p>　　Besides the improvement of the policies and the regulations. How to convert the excellent rescue equipment design into the product

30、and apply it in the daily life? I believe, firstly, the government should set aside special subsidies and funds for the research and design and the technical reform across the country. At the same time, implement unified

31、 safety standards and carry out under coercion, set the national standards in some fields to enhance the security. Secondly, the local government sho</p><p>　　Nowadays, with the high speed development of the

32、 human civilization and technology, the loss and casualties brought by various disasters are difficult to estimate. As designers, when encountering calamities and tragedies,should rethink profoundly ,get ready to face gr

33、eat challenges and research the significance of design to life from the origin of the design. Pay attention to life, return to the origin, There is before the designers a heavy responsibility and a long way to go. </p

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