- Author
- Beller, D. K. | 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
- human behavior | performance based codes | fire safety | life safety code | decision making | occupants | response time | evacuation | 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