- Author
- Nilsson, D. | Frantzich, H. | Saunders, W.
- Title
- Colored Flashing Lights to Mark Emergency Exits: Experiences From Evacuation Experiments.
- Coporate
- Lund Univ., Sweden Victoria Univ., Melbourne, Australia
- 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, 569-579 p., 2005
- Keywords
- fire research | fire safety | fire science | evacuation | exit signs | color | lighting equipment | emergencies | experiments | design applications | students | corridors | scenarios
- Identifiers
- emergency exit; colored flashing lights; colored strobe lights; standard emergency exit design; green lights should be used at emergency exits; age, gender and number of participants in the experiments; way-guidance system; participants' choice of exit in the first experiment; participants' associations with different types of lights; participants' associations with different color; participants' choice of exit in the second experiment; number of participants who associated the green light more, equal or less with an emergency exit for the strobe lights