- Author
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Saunders, W.
- Title
- Coping With Aircraft Emergencies and Building Fires: Some Exploratory Qualitative (Grounded Theory) Studies of the Personal Experiences of People Invovled in Two Types of Emergencies.
- Coporate
- Victoria Univ., Australia
- Book or Conf
- Human Behavior in Fire: Public Fire Safety - Professionals in Partnership. International Symposium, 3rd. Proceedings. September 1-3, 2004,
Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England,
Belfast, N. Ireland,
257-266 p.,
2004
- Keywords
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human behavior
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fire safety
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decision making
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building fires
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emegencies
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entrapment
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training
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aircraft emergencies
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hazards
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human response
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World Trade Center
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data analysis
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mortality
- Identifiers
- individuals try to make sense of and then deal with emergency situations; design and refinement of emergency guidelines and safety training procedures; interviews with six people (four passengers, a co-pilot and one ex-flight attendant); abbreviated Grounded Theory approach; coping with the emergency; vulnerability and mortality; disreality; control; isconnection