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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