- Author
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Grace, T.
- Title
- Improving the Waking Effectiveness of Fire Alarms in Residential Areas.
- Coporate
- Fire Engineering Consultant, Wellington, New Zealand
- 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,
243-252 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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residential buildings
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wakefulness
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fire alarm systems
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occupants
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sleep
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human response
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motivation
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fire statistics
- Identifiers
- sleep characteristics; sleep patterns; sleep pattern for young adults; alarm characteristics; smoke detector frequencies; response to auditory alarms; discrimination responses; motivational responses; identification of fire cues; fire fatalities by time of day