- Author
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Galea, E. R.
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Dixon, A. J. P.
- Title
- Collection and Analysis of Emergency Services Data Relating to the Evacuation of the World Trade Centre Towers of 11 September 2001.
- Coporate
- University of Greenwich, London, England
- Report
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04LGFG02767(7),
December 2004,
50 p.
- Keywords
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World Trade Center
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terrorists
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terrorism
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fire data
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evacuation
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data analysis
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fire prevention
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rescue
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rescue operations
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building collapse
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high rise buildings
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occupants
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statistics
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decision making
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doors
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survivors
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fire statistics
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legislation
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communication networks
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disasters
- Identifiers
- World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; analysis of telephone calls to Police by occupants trapped in the Towers; telephone calls made by and to the police; recognition of the situation; police logistical and tactical response; evacuation of tower concourses; police ascent of towers; emergency equipment; command posts; trapped occupants; locked exit routes; telephone calls by and to the police; analysis of police account data
- Abstract
- The evacuation of the World Trade Centre (WTC) complex represents the largest fullscale evacuation of people in modern times. The survivors of this disaster hold a tremendous amount of information concerning their experiences of the conditions within the structures and the evolving evacuation scenario. In December 2002, the Building Disaster Assessment Group (BDAG) of the UK Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM), engaged through the Fire Statistics and Research Division, the Fire Safety Engineering Group (FSEG) of the University of Greenwich to gather, collate, categorise, electronically store and finally analyse data concerning human experiences during the WTC evacuation. Reports were gathered from the literature published in the public domain. Over 250 separate accounts were gathered that described the behaviour of 260 occupants. The analysis of this data can be found in a report entitled "Collection and Analysis of Human behaviour data appearing in the mass media relating to the evacuation of the World Trade Centre Towers of 11 September 2001".