- Author
- Bryan, J. L.
- Title
- Implications for Codes and Behavior Models From the Analysis of Behavior Response Patterns in Fire Situations as Selected From the Project People and Project People II Study Programs. Final Report.
- Coporate
- University of Maryland, College Park, MD
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NBS GCR 83-425, March 1983, 216 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- NB80NADA1067
- Keywords
- behavior models | computer models | doors | evacuation | exit signs | fire alarm systems | fire investigations | hospitals | NFPA 101 | nursing homes | nursing staff | smoke | smoke barriers
- Abstract
- The study described in this report involved an analysis of the previous Project People and the Project People II studies in relation to the identification of behavior response patterns. These response patterns are compared to the established and previously formulated models of behavior, and the provisions of the regional building codes and the NFPA Life Safety Code. This study evaluates the premodal concepts of Archea and Withey in relation to the identified behavioral response patterns of the participants in both the Project People study involved primarily with residential occupancies, and the Project People II study involved primarily with health care occupancies. In addition, the conceptual models of Bickman, Edelman, and McDaniel and Breaux, Canter and Sime are examined as well as the computer models of Stahl and Berlin. The identified behavioral response patterns are compared to the provisions in the three regional consensus-developed building codes: the 1981 edition of the Basic Building Code, the 1982 edition of the Uniform Building Code, and the 1979 edition of the Standard Building Code. The 1981 edition of the Code for Safety to Life from Fire in buildings and Structures of the National Fire Protection Association, often referred to as the Life Safety Code, is also compared to the identified behavioral response patterns from the participants in both the Project People and the Project People II studies. Conclusions are derived regarding code provisions for exit sign marking, illumination, alarm systems, and smoke barrier doors.