- Author
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Shields, J.
- Title
- Human Behavior in Fire. International Symposium, 1st. Proceedings. August 31-September 2, 1998.
- Coporate
- Ulster Univ., Jordanstown, Northern Ireland
- Book or Conf
- Human Behavior in Fire. International Symposium, 1st. Proceedings. August 31-September 2, 1998,
Textflow Ltd., Northern Ireland,
Belfast, Northern Ireland,
Shields, J., Editors,
835 p.,
1998
- Keywords
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human behavior
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performance based codes
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fire safety
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regulations
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fire codes
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evacuation
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handicapped
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risk assessment
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evacuation time
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occupants
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escape means
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smoke
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simulation
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validation
- Identifiers
- fire related human behavior - fire regualtions and fire codes; learning from human behavior in real fire situations; assimilation, evacuation and use of information by people exposed to fire; characterization of building occupancies and complex environments; evacuation of disabled people from fire; assessing the risk to people exposed to fire; determining evacuation time and evacuation performance measures; occupant characterisation and human behaivor transport and ancillary facilities; wayfinding performance in complex environments; occupant perception and escape through smoke; evacuation simulation modelling and approaches to validation