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Author
Benthorn, L. | Frantzich, H.
Title
Fire Alarm in a Public Building: How Do People Evaluate Information and Choose Evacuation Exit?
Coporate
Lund Univ., Sweden
Report
Report 3082; LUTVDG/TVBB-3082-SE, June 1996, 37 p.
Distribution
AVAILABLE FROM: Lund University, Department of Fire Safety Engineering, P.O. Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden. Telephone: +46 46 222 73 60, Fax: +46 46 222 46 12, Email: brand@brand.lth.se. Website: http://www.brand.lth.se/english
Keywords
fire alarm systems | public buildings | evacuation | people movement | decision making | evaluation | human response | human behavior | computational fluid dynamics
Identifiers
distance to exit; exit choice motivation; theory of choice by distance and familiarity; risk perception; feelings in the situation; emotions; emergency exit door open or closed; combination of conditions; time for the reaction phase; differences due to sex