Humanitarian Logistics Principles for Emergency Evacuation of Places with Many People.

In the coming years Brazil will host several large events such as the Football World Cup in 2014, the Copa America football tournament in 2015, the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2016, not to mention several concerts with world renowned artists. There is a need to prepare spaces for the care of a diverse audience of spectators and athletes. Applying the principles of Logistics and Humanitarian Logistics, this research aimed to study the situation of large public meeting places, especially football stadiums, in order to ascertain their accessibility conditions, handling and safety of spectators in case emergency situations should arise. Another goal was preparing to care for people who may be affected in the event of a disaster, natural or not. The study is justified by the occurrence in the recent past of major disasters in football stadiums and large public meeting places. It is considered that emergency situations may arise or be caused by natural phenomena or as a result of human actions, such as terrorism, vandalism or structural collapse. Emphasis was given on models of spatial accessibility, especially those related to problems of alertness, spatial orientation and rapid and secure deployment of users. The main areas examined were accesses, circulation areas and escape routes. Planning for response to emergency situations should take into consideration the lowest possible response time and humanitarian aid to any individuals directly affected by the disaster. A multi-criteria approach was adopted which involves the application of models based on the Theories of Flows, Collective Behavior, Panic in Crowds, Principles of Spatial Accessibility, Humanitarian Logistics, and Technical Standards on the theme. We expect to contribute with the formulation of guidelines for emergency situations both in football stadiums already built and in new projects