- Author
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Brennan, P.
- Title
- Victims and Survivors in Fatal Residential Building Fires.
- Coporate
- Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
- Journal
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Fire and Materials,
Vol. 23,
No. 6,
305-310,
November/December 1999
- Book or Conf
- Human Behavior in Fire. International Symposium, 1st. Proceedings. August 31-September 2, 1998,
Textflow Ltd., Northern Ireland,
Belfast, Northern Ireland,
Shields, J., Editors,
157-166 p.,
['1999', '1998']
- Keywords
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human behavior
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performance based codes
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fire safety
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residential buildings
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building fires
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fire fatalities
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fire statistics
- Identifiers
- 150 fatalities from the 109 fatal residential fire incidents in the State of Victoria, Australia, from mid 1990-1995; causes of fatal residential fires, number of incidents and fatalities; number of incidents and fatalities ob occupancy type - non-intentional fires; age of victim by state of alertness at time of fire; fatalities with alcohol reading > .10g/100 ml cf. all fatalities by age (>15) and gender; characteristics, initial state and response of victims and survivors from fire room