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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