- Author
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Kobes, M.
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Helsloot, I.
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deVries, B.
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Post, J. G.
- Title
- Building Safety and Human Behavior in Fire: A Literature Review.
- Coporate
- Netherlands Institute for Safety, PO Box 7010, 6801 HA Arnhem, The Netherlands
VU University Amsterdam, Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MD Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Journal
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Fire Safety Journal,
Vol. 45,
No. 1,
1-11,
January 2010
- Keywords
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human behavior
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evacuation
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fire safety
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escape means
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regulations
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time
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people movement
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velocity
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fire behavior
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handicapped
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World TradeCenter
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way finding
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human response
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survival
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fire growth
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danger
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heat release rate
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smoke yield
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toxicity
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human factors engineering
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environmental factors
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psychonomics
- Identifiers
- fire response performance; conceptual framework; difference between policy and actual fire safety; analysis of building evacuation affected by the spirit of the times; movement velocity; evacuation of the functionally impaired; World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; pre-movement time; critical factors determining fire response performance; fire response performance; danger factor: fire; environmental factor: the building; towards a psychonomic approach to fire safety; existing paradigm of fire safety in buildings