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Author
Purser, D.
Title
ASET and RSET: Addressing Some Issues in Relation to Occupant Behavior and Tenability.
Coporate
Fire Research Station, Borehamwood, England
Book or Conf
Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Seventh (7th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). June 16-21, 2003, Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA, Worcester, MA, Evans, D. D., Editors, 91-102 p., 2003
Keywords
fire research | fire models | occupants | human behavior | evacuation | people movement | smoke | irritants | toxic products | scenarios | fire safety | psychological effects | polymethyl methacrylate
Identifiers
Available Safe Egress Time (ASET); Required Safe Egress Time (RSET); pre-movement; travel speed; design behavioral scenario categories; examples of suggested physiologically derived expressions for the effects of smoke and irritants on walking speed; toxic product yields and global equivalence ratios for PMMA and nitrogen-containing materials