- Author
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Purser, D. A.
- Title
- Behavior and Travel Interactions in Emergency Situations and Data Needs for Engineering Design.
- Coporate
- Fire Research Station, Garston, England
- Book or Conf
- Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2003 International Conference, 2nd. Proceedings. August 20-22, 2003,
CMS Press, London, England,
Greenwich, UK,
Galea, E. R., Editors,
355-369 p.,
2003
- Keywords
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evacuation
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people movement
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human response
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human behavior
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human performance
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egress
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fire protection engineering
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time
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emergencies
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occupants
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warning systems
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fire alarm systems
- Identifiers
- Available Safe Egress Time (ASET); Required Safe Egress Time (RSET); occupancy types and design behavioral scenarios; design behavioral scenarios and occupancy types (ADB purpose groups); effect of warning system on alarm time; effect of building complexity on evacuation time; classification of fire safety management features and effects on evacuation time; pre-movement time distributions for different design behavioral scenarios, building complexities and fire safety management levels; travel time; suggested pre-times for different design behavioral scenario categories; pre-movement time, walking time and exit flow time interactions and data redundancy