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Author
Grace, T.
Title
Improving the Waking Effectiveness of Fire Alarms in Residential Areas.
Coporate
Fire Engineering Consultant, Wellington, New Zealand
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, 243-252 p., 1998
Keywords
human behavior | performance based codes | fire safety | residential buildings | wakefulness | fire alarm systems | occupants | sleep | human response | motivation | fire statistics
Identifiers
sleep characteristics; sleep patterns; sleep pattern for young adults; alarm characteristics; smoke detector frequencies; response to auditory alarms; discrimination responses; motivational responses; identification of fire cues; fire fatalities by time of day