- Author
- Barber, D. | VanMerkestein, R.
- Title
- Will Occupants of Tall Buildings Obey Instructions From Wardens in Staged Evacuations? The Design Dilemma Post September 11.
- Coporate
- Arup Fire Mckenzie Group
- Book or Conf
- Strategies for Performance in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center. CIB-CTBUH Conference on Tall Buildings. Proceedings. Task Group on Tall Buildings: CIB TG50. CIB Publication No. 290. October 20-23, 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Shafii, F.; Bukowski, R.; Klemencic, R., Editors, 61-70 p., 2003
- Keywords
- World Trade Center | evacuation | high rise buildings | occupants | regulations | communication networks | fire drillss | refuge | stairways | stairwells | codes | elevators (lifts)
- Identifiers
- World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; overview of the impact from media coverage of Setpember 11; definition of controlled and uncontrolled evacuation; Australia; Sweden; England; Wales; United States of America (USA); Denmark; Singapore; Japan; Hong Kong; New Zealand; significant redesign of evacuation: use of lifts (elevators) with stairs