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Author
Proulx, G.
Title
Response to Fire Alarms.
Coporate
National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Journal
Fire Protection Engineering, No. 33, 8-10,12-14, Winter 2007
Keywords
fire alarm systems | human response | auditory perception | occupants | response time | failure | alarm responses | false alarms | signals
Identifiers
occupants fail to respond; failure to recognize the fire alarm signal; unaware of the proper response; loss of confidence in system because of nuisance alarms; failure to hear the alarm