- Author
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Scott, D.
- Title
- Fire in an Operating Theatre: What Really Happens? A Case Study of a Fire in a Private Hospital in Hamilton, New Zealand.
- Coporate
- OnFire Consulting Ltd, Te Awamutu, New Zealand
- Book or Conf
- Human Behavior in Fire. International Symposium, 4th. Proceedings. July 13-15, 2009,
Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England,
Cambridge, UK,
313-322 p.,
2009
- Keywords
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human behavior
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evacuation
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human response
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hospitals
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case histories
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response time
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medical services
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emergencies
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building design
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fire investigations
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smoke
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fire spread
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fire protection
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failure
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patients
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smoke spread
- Identifiers
- fire in an operating theatre from first hand experiences; response of the medical team; New Zealand Building Code (NZBC) Acceptable Solution; plant room above the operating theatre in a private hospital in Hamilton, New Zealand; floor plan; tenancy design hospital; theatre facilities; medical/surgical team; 'fire specific' issues; surgeons operating in the smoky theatre; standard/prescriptive design approaches; takes longer than thought to prepare a patient for evacuation; people cannot be relied upon to sense fire/smoke