- Author
- Bruck, D. | Thomas, I. R.
- Title
- Community Based Research on the Effectiveness of the Home Smoke Alarm in Waking Up Children.
- Coporate
- Victoria Univ., Australia
- Book or Conf
- Human Behavior in Fire. International Symposium, 4th. Proceedings. July 13-15, 2009, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, Cambridge, UK, 335-344 p., 2009
- Keywords
- human behavior | evacuation | human response | children | wakefulness | sleep | effectiveness | smoke detectors | fire fatalities | fire drills | quality control | fire statistics | human performance
- Identifiers
- ability of children to wake to the high pitched smoke alarm (3000-4000 Hz); studies investigating waking to a high pitched smoke alarm in children; sleeping children's responses to the alarm; age differences; alarm location; responses if awoken