Engineering model for the estimation of occupant premovement and or response times and the probability of their occurrence

Fire and Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 255-263

  MacLennan, H A ^a,b   Regan, M A ^a   Ware, R ^a  

^a Holmes Fire and Safety Ltd ^*  (New Zealand)

^b Holmes Fire & Safety Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

RELIABLE STATISTICS METHOD; REQUIRED SAFE EGRESS TIME (RSET) ESTIMATION;

FIRES;

EID: 0033298172     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1018(199911/12)23:6<255::AID-FAM697>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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