- Author
- Jin, T.
- Title
- Studies of Emotional Instability in Smoke from fires--Decrease of Thinking Powers and of Memory in Fire Smoke.
- Coporate
- Fire Research Inst., Tokyo, Japan
- Book or Conf
- U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources. Fire Research and Safety. 6th Joint Panel Meeting of the UJNR Proceedings. May 10-14, 1982., Building Research Inst., Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo/Tsukuba, Japan, 180-190 p., 1983
- Keywords
- human behavior | smoke | escape | smoke inhalation
- Identifiers
- suffocating
- Abstract
- When people escape from fire through smoke, stimulation and suffocating feelings caused by smoke inhalation make their mind unstable. Reduction of thining power and memory make wrong judgements in selection of refuging direction. Reduction of them bring about the difficulty in remembering the route to the fire exit.