- Author
- Shields, J.
- Title
- Human Behavior in Fire. International Symposium, 1st. Proceedings. August 31-September 2, 1998.
- Coporate
- Ulster Univ., Jordanstown, Northern Ireland
- Book or Conf
- Human Behavior in Fire. International Symposium, 1st. Proceedings. August 31-September 2, 1998, Textflow Ltd., Northern Ireland, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Shields, J., Editors, 835 p., 1998
- Keywords
- human behavior | performance based codes | fire safety | regulations | fire codes | evacuation | handicapped | risk assessment | evacuation time | occupants | escape means | smoke | simulation | validation
- Identifiers
- fire related human behavior - fire regualtions and fire codes; learning from human behavior in real fire situations; assimilation, evacuation and use of information by people exposed to fire; characterization of building occupancies and complex environments; evacuation of disabled people from fire; assessing the risk to people exposed to fire; determining evacuation time and evacuation performance measures; occupant characterisation and human behaivor transport and ancillary facilities; wayfinding performance in complex environments; occupant perception and escape through smoke; evacuation simulation modelling and approaches to validation