- Author
- Dimensions (U. S. National Bureau of Standards)
- Title
- Fire: Human Action and Reaction.
- Journal
- Dimensions (U. S. National Bureau of Standards), Vol. 57, No. 11, 270-271, November 1973
- Keywords
- human response | human behavior | human beings
- Abstract
- Is human behavior to some extent responsible for all fire mishaps involving an individual? Ms. Laura Buchbinder from the Cotton Foundation, currently a research associate with the Bureau's Fire Technology Division, is testing that hypothesis on case histories researched by the NBS Flammable Fabrics Accidents Case and Testing System. She has discovered a link between certain activity patterns related to age and sex and the incidence of fire accidents.