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Author
Watanabe, Y.
Title
Study on Sound Guidance for Evacuation--Effect of Megaphoned Evacuation Guidance in Somke.
Coporate
Building 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, 203-211 p., 1983
Keywords
human behavior | evacuation | fire alarm systems | alarm response
Identifiers
alarm systems; sound
Abstract
The best way to pass urgent information to people as fast as possible is by sound. And sound is used in many circles as alarm or for emergency broadcasting. This clearly understandable by considering the characteristics of the perceptive organs of people who receive urgent information.