- Author
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Nilsson, D.
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Frantzich, H.
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Saunders, W.
- Title
- Colored Flashing Lights to Mark Emergency Exits: Experiences From Evacuation Experiments.
- Coporate
- Lund Univ., Sweden
Victoria Univ., Melbourne, Australia
- Book or Conf
- Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Eighth (8th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). September 18-23, 2005,
Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA,
Beijing, China,
Gottuk, D. T.; Lattimer, B. Y., Editors,
569-579 p.,
2005
- Keywords
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fire research
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fire safety
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fire science
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evacuation
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exit signs
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color
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lighting equipment
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emergencies
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experiments
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design applications
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students
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corridors
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scenarios
- Identifiers
- emergency exit; colored flashing lights; colored strobe lights; standard emergency exit design; green lights should be used at emergency exits; age, gender and number of participants in the experiments; way-guidance system; participants' choice of exit in the first experiment; participants' associations with different types of lights; participants' associations with different color; participants' choice of exit in the second experiment; number of participants who associated the green light more, equal or less with an emergency exit for the strobe lights