- Author
- Galea, E. R. | Hulse, L. | Day, R. | Siddiqui, A. | Sharp, G.
- Title
- UK WTC 9/11 Evacuation Study: An Overview of the Methodologies Employed and Some Analysis Relating to Fatigue, Stair Travel Speeds and Occupant Response Times.
- Coporate
- Greenwich Univ., London, England
- Book or Conf
- Human Behavior in Fire. International Symposium, 4th. Proceedings. July 13-15, 2009, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, Cambridge, UK, 27-40 p., 2009
- Keywords
- human behavior | World Trade Center | evacuation | evacuation time | high rise buildings | human response | methodology | fatigue (biology) | people movement | occupants | time | occupant response | data analysis | stairwells | codes | databases | response time | stairways
- Identifiers
- World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; High-rise Evacuation Evaluation Database (HEED); data derived from the evacuation of the North Tower; number of times evacuees stop during their descent; number of people requiring stops in WTC1; number of people requiring rest stops in WTC1; stair travel speeds; travel speed and percentage of journey; response time distribution for WTC1; average maximum response time associated with various task types; stoppages