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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