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Author
Galea, E. R. | Gwynne, S.
Title
Evacuating an Overturned Smoke Filled Rail Carriage.
Coporate
University of Greenwich, London, England
Report
Paper No. 00/IM/55, February 2000, 42 p.
Distribution
For more information contact: http://fseg.gre.ac.uk
Book or Conf
Human Behavior in Fire: Understanding Human Behavior for Better Fire Safety Design. International Symposium, 2nd International Symposium. Proceedings. March 26-28, 2001, Interscience Communications ltd., London, England, Boston MA, 2000
Keywords
passenger trains | evacuation | smoke | egress | railroad accidents | statistics | case histories | human behavior | rescue | rescue operations | people movement | evacuation time
Identifiers
number of passenger train fires in Great Britain; results for evacuation without smoke (trial 1); evacuation times for smoke filled carriage evacuation (trial 2)