- Author
- McConnell, N. C. | Boyce, K. E. | Shields, T. J.
- Title
- Analysis of the Recognition and Response Behaviors of Evacuees of WTC 1 on 9/11.
- Coporate
- Queens Univ., Belfast, UK Ulster Univ., UK
- Book or Conf
- Human Behavior in Fire. International Symposium, 4th. Proceedings. July 13-15, 2009, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, Cambridge, UK, 659-669 p., 2009
- Keywords
- human behavior | evacuation | World Trade Center | high rise buildings | recognition | response time | risks | survivors | questionnaires | data analysis | human response | human performance | fire safety
- Identifiers
- World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; risk perception; recognition and response phases of a sample of 126 occupants of WTC1 on 9/11; High-rise Evacuation Evaluation Database (HEED); pre-interview Questionnaire; free flow narrative; semi-structured Interview; participant's Behavioural Patterns (BPs); response activity definitions; cue definitions in the recognition phase; breakdown of the participants' initial cues at impact by floor cluster; participants' 'global' activities during the response phase; initial response activities to the impact on WTC1; relationship between risk perception and both initial and global activities; responsibility for supervising or managing other people/fire safety role; 1993 WTC1 bombing