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Author
Lerup, L. | Greenwood, D. | Burke, J. S.
Title
Mapping of Recurrent Behavior Patterns in Institutional Building Under Fire: Ten Case Studies of Nursing Facilities.
Coporate
California Univ., Berkeley
Sponsor
National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Report
NBS GCR 76-73
July 1976
165 p.
Distribution
Available from National Technical Information Service
Contract
GRANT-59016
Keywords
building fires | case histories | episodes | fires | hospital fires | human behavior | institutions | mapping | models | nursing homes
Abstract
This report provides a graphical and narrative mapping of the fire and people behavior patterns in 10 institutional buildings under fire conditions. The case studies concentrate on nursing home type facilities.