- Author
- Brennan, P.
- Title
- Impact of Social Interaction on Time to Begin Evacuation in Office Building Fires: Implications for Modelling Behavior.
- Coporate
- Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
- Book or Conf
- Interscience Communications Ltd.; National Institute of Standards and Technology; Building Research Establishment; and Society of Fire Protection Engineers; Swedish National Testing and Research Institute. Interflam '96. International Interflam Conference, 7th Proceedings. March 26-28, 1996, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, Cambridge, England, Franks, C. A.; Grayson, S., Editors, 701-710 p., 1996
- Keywords
- fire safety | human beings | office buildings | evacuation time | human behavior | building fires | methodology | decision making | response time | occupants
- Identifiers
- effect of social interaction on interpretation of cues; key features of the four office building fires; cue perception and interpretation; research population; communication and the decision to evacuate; people who responded to first cue or simultaneous cues; decision makers and followers; sketch of tenancy (Fire B) showint initial location of occupants