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Author
Samochine, D. A. | Boyce, K. | Shields, J.
Title
Investigation Into Staff Behaviour in Unannounced Evacuations of Retail Stores: Implications for Training and Fire Safety Engineering.
Coporate
Academy of State Fire Service of Russia, Moscow FireSERT, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, N. Ireland
Book or Conf
Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Eighth (8th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). September 18-23, 2005, Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA, Beijing, China, Gottuk, D. T.; Lattimer, B. Y., Editors, 519-530 p., 2005
Keywords
fire research | fire safety | fire science | human behavior | evacuation | shopping centers | training | safety engineering | occupants | emergencies | methodology | evacuation time | people movement | fire statistics | response time | human response
Identifiers
staff behaviour in five unannounced evacuations of Marks and Spencer retail stores; number of customers and evacuation times for each store; breakdown of staff captured on video by setting; descriptive statistics for staff pre-movement time; descriptive statistics of staff pre-movement time across the settings; first actions of staff in response to fire alarm; first actions of staff in response to the fire alarm by setting; staff travel speed