- Author
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Groner, N.
- Title
- Situation Awareness Requirements Analysis for the Use of Elevators During Fire Emergencies.
- Coporate
- John Jay College, New York, NY
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- Human Behavior in Fire. International Symposium, 4th. Proceedings. July 13-15, 2009,
Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England,
Cambridge, UK,
61-72 p.,
2009
- Keywords
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human behavior
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World Trade Center
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evacuation
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evacuation time
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high rise buildings
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human response
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elevators (lifts)
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emergencies
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situation awareness
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emergency plans
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data analysis
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occupants
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safety
- Identifiers
- World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; goal-directed cognitive task analysis; SA requriements analysis
- Abstract
- This paper describes a method for finding the information requirements that people in various roles need to achieve a level of situation awareness sufficient to adapt to developing fire emergencies. The method uses a goal-directed cognitive task analysis, but differs from similar approaches by being specific to a single scenario and by delineating the variety of roles that are needed to respond to the scenario. The analytic process involves developing an abstraction hierarchy of roles, goals, decisions, and required information. The viability of the analysis is demonstrated by its use in finding the information needed for the hypothetical use of elevators to evacuate building occupants during a fire scenario.