- Author
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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
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fire safety
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human beings
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office buildings
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evacuation time
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human behavior
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building fires
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methodology
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decision making
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response time
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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