- Author
- Horasan, M.
- Title
- Sensitivity Analysis approach to Improve Evacuation Performance and to Optimise Staff/Patient Ratios in Hospitals and Nursing Homes.
- Coporate
- AGAL-Scientific Services Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia
- Book or Conf
- Human Behavior in Fire: Understanding Human Behavior for Better Fire Safety Design. International Symposium, 2nd. Proceedings. March 26-28, 2001, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, Boston, MA, 465-470 p., 2001
- Keywords
- human behavior | fire safety | evacuation | hospitals | nursing homes | patients | fire detection | safety engineering | evacuation time | people movement | risk management
- Identifiers
- staff/patient ratios; Ward Evacuation Time Optimisation (WET-OPT) model; input variables and sources for information; pre-movement times; evacuation times calculated using the WET-OPT model; staff numbers: evacuation times relation; ASET/RSET assessment