- Author
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Bruck, D.
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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
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human behavior
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evacuation
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human response
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children
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wakefulness
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sleep
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effectiveness
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smoke detectors
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fire fatalities
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fire drills
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quality control
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fire statistics
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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