- Author
- Gwynne, S. M. V.
- Title
- Post-WTC Management of Emergency Movement from Tall Buildings.
- Coporate
- Hughes Associates, Inc., Baltimore, MD
- Journal
- International Fire Protection (IFP) Magazine, No. 27, 49-53, August 2006
- Keywords
- World Trade Center | high rise buildings | emergencies | evacuation | management systems | design applications | decision making | building design | human beings | human behavior | human response | egress | occupants | people movement | stairways | stairwells
- Identifiers
- organisation by emergency managers; World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; emergency procedures; emergency (and the response to it) is categorised into three broad phases: Preparation, Notification and Response, and Procedural Implementation; Phase I - Preparation: Implementing an Effective Design; Phase II - Notification and Response: Making People Aware of the Incident; Phase III - Getting People to Follow Instructions; physical capabilities of the occupants; environmental conditions; procedural issues; simplified schematic of key procedural design questions