- Author
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Horasan, M.
- Title
- Sensitivity Analysis approach to Improve Evacuation Performance and to Optimise Staff/Patient Ratios in Hospitals and Nursing Homes.
- Coporate
- AGAL-Scientific Services Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia
- Book or Conf
- Human Behavior in Fire: Understanding Human Behavior for Better Fire Safety Design. International Symposium, 2nd. Proceedings. March 26-28, 2001,
Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England,
Boston, MA,
465-470 p.,
2001
- Keywords
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human behavior
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fire safety
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evacuation
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hospitals
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nursing homes
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patients
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fire detection
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safety engineering
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evacuation time
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people movement
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risk management
- Identifiers
- staff/patient ratios; Ward Evacuation Time Optimisation (WET-OPT) model; input variables and sources for information; pre-movement times; evacuation times calculated using the WET-OPT model; staff numbers: evacuation times relation; ASET/RSET assessment