The collection and analysis of pre-evacuation times derived from evacuation trials and their application to evacuation modelling

Fire Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-195

  Gwynne, S ^a   Galea, E R ^a   Parke, J ^a   Hickson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data; Evacuation; Hospital premises; Pre evacuation; University premises

Indexed keywords

FACILITIES; HOSPITALS; NURSING;

EVACUATION;

FIRE PROTECTION;

FIRE;

EID: 0242415377     PISSN: 00152684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024212214120     Document Type: Article

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