- Author
- Stahl, F. I.
- Title
- BFIRES-II: A Behavior Based Computer Simulation of Emergency Egress During Fires.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- Fire Technology, Vol. 18, No. 1, 49-65, February 1982
- Book or Conf
- National Fire Protection Association. Analytic Problems in Firesafety: Rational Firesafety Design. NFPA Research. May 1980., National Fire Protection Assoc., Quincy, MA, Washington, DC, 1-24 p., 1982
- Keywords
- building codes | building fires | emergencies | egress | fire research | human behavior | modeling | human performance | computers | occupants
- Identifiers
- BFIRES-II; computer aided design; pedestrian movement; regulatory process; simulation of human behavior; computer simulation; emergency egress
- Abstract
- This paper acquaints the reader with BFIREs, a computer program designed to simulate the emergency egress behavior of building occupants during fires. Use of the program is illustrated, and findings concerning the simulation's validity are presented.