- Author
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Gwynne, S. M. V.
- Title
- Post-WTC Management of Emergency Movement from Tall Buildings.
- Coporate
- Hughes Associates, Inc., Baltimore, MD
- Journal
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International Fire Protection (IFP) Magazine,
No. 27,
49-53,
August 2006
- Keywords
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World Trade Center
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high rise buildings
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emergencies
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evacuation
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management systems
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design applications
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decision making
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building design
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human beings
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human behavior
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human response
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egress
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occupants
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people movement
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stairways
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stairwells
- Identifiers
- organisation by emergency managers; World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; emergency procedures; emergency (and the response to it) is categorised into three broad phases: Preparation, Notification and Response, and Procedural Implementation; Phase I - Preparation: Implementing an Effective Design; Phase II - Notification and Response: Making People Aware of the Incident; Phase III - Getting People to Follow Instructions; physical capabilities of the occupants; environmental conditions; procedural issues; simplified schematic of key procedural design questions