- Author
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Beller, D. K.
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Watts, J. M., Jr.
- Title
- Human Behavior Approach to Occupancy Classification.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA
Fire Safety Institute, Middlebury, VT
- 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,
83-92 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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life safety code
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decision making
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occupants
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response time
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evacuation
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life safety
- Identifiers
- occupancy classes in the Building Exits Code; classification of occupancy in the Life Safety Code; NFPA standards-making process; life safety code occupancy committees; structure of the NFPA Life Safety Code maintenance system; assumptions about occupants; occupant response characteristics; unmodeled life safety features of buildings; life safety system components; comparison of occupant characteristics and input requirements