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Author
Saunders, W. L.
Title
Comparison of Behaviour in Building and Bushfire Emergencies.
Coporate
Swinburne University of Technology
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, 181-190 p., 1998
Keywords
human behavior | performance based codes | fire safety | brush fires | emergencies | office buildings | shopping centers | evacuation | decision making
Identifiers
fire deaths by age and sex (Great Britain 1996); properties of intuition and analysis; inducement of intuition and analysis by task conditions; cognitive processes invoked in fire emergencies; office building occupants (not emergency trained); office building (trained responders); shopping center occupants (not emergency trained eg shoppers); shopping center occupants (trained responders); residents in bushfire emergency (prepared)