- Author
- National Fire Protection Association
- Title
- Human Behavior in Fire Emergencies. NFPA Ready Reference.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA
- Report
- RRHUMB03, 2003, 202 p.
- Keywords
- human behavior | emergencies | fire safety | egress | occupants | case histories | fire statistics | fire protection | planning | fire alarm systems | human factors engineering
- Abstract
- This softbound volume pulls together a wealth of information from a variety of respected industry sources to provide you with comprehensive subject-specific data, case histories, and related background on the specialized subject of human behavior in fire emergencies. Engineers and engineering students, architects, business and industry safety personnel, and fire and life safety educators will all benefit from valuable data on behavioral response to fire and smoke, egress design, evacuation considerations, and more. Contents include: (*) Fire Protection Handbook chapters "Human Behavior and Fire," "Calculation Methods for Egress Prediction," and "Concepts of Egress Design"; (*) Case histories from FireWatch (NFPA Journal®) and (*) Selected NFPA Journal articles.