- Author
- Scott, D.
- Title
- Fire in an Operating Theatre: What Really Happens? A Case Study of a Fire in a Private Hospital in Hamilton, New Zealand.
- Coporate
- OnFire Consulting Ltd, Te Awamutu, New Zealand
- Book or Conf
- Human Behavior in Fire. International Symposium, 4th. Proceedings. July 13-15, 2009, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, Cambridge, UK, 313-322 p., 2009
- Keywords
- human behavior | evacuation | human response | hospitals | case histories | response time | medical services | emergencies | building design | fire investigations | smoke | fire spread | fire protection | failure | patients | smoke spread
- Identifiers
- fire in an operating theatre from first hand experiences; response of the medical team; New Zealand Building Code (NZBC) Acceptable Solution; plant room above the operating theatre in a private hospital in Hamilton, New Zealand; floor plan; tenancy design hospital; theatre facilities; medical/surgical team; 'fire specific' issues; surgeons operating in the smoky theatre; standard/prescriptive design approaches; takes longer than thought to prepare a patient for evacuation; people cannot be relied upon to sense fire/smoke