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Author
Ball, M. | Bruck, D. | Thomas, I.
Title
Use of Auditory, Tactile and Visual Alarm Signals: A Focus on the Effectiveness of Light.
Coporate
Victoria Univ., Melbourne, Australia
Book or Conf
Human Behavior in Fire. International Symposium, 4th. Proceedings. July 13-15, 2009, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, Cambridge, UK, 363-374 p., 2009
Keywords
human behavior | evacuation | auditory perception | fire alarm systems | signals | effectiveness | sleep | data analysis | lighting equiment | alcohol | wakefulness | children | adults | light | NFPA 72
Identifiers
sleeping individuals to different alarm signals; optimising the auditory alarm signal; sober young adults; young adults under the influence of alcohol; hard of hearing; visual and auditory naturalistic fire cues in sober and alcohol intoxicated conditions; naturalistic fire cues; sound stimulus; flickering light; configuration of flickering light over pillow; signal strength at each step of the modified method of limits; behavioral response time in seconds; effectiveness of strobe lights in waking sleeping individuals; stimulus levels related to benchmarks for the current data; percentage of waking responses compared to benchmark levels