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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