- Author
- Heyes, E. | Spearpoint, M.
- Title
- Lifts for Evacuation: Human Behavior Considerations.
- Coporate
- Arup Fire, Australia University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Book or Conf
- Human Behavior in Fire. International Symposium, 4th. Proceedings. July 13-15, 2009, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, Cambridge, UK, 73-84 p., 2009
- Keywords
- human behavior | World Trade Center | evacuation time | evacuation | high rise buildings | human response | elevators (lifts) | building codes | building design | occupants | decision making | fire drills | surveys | bombs (ordnance) | stairways | time | occupant response | equations | stairwells | building design
- Identifiers
- World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; explore the likely evacuation behavior of building occupants in a fire event; determine the psychological barriers to the use of lifts in a fire; theoretical distribution of occupants to use the lift to evacuate in an emergency; post evacuation drill survey; evacuation event simulation survey; concerns affecting the use of lift or stairs for evacuation; percentage of occupants to use the lift to evacuate by floor level; acceptable waiting time; factors affecting evacuation choice