A post-fire survey on the pre-evacuation human behavior

Fire Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-95

  Zhao, C M ^a   Lo, S M ^a   Zhang, S P ^b   Liu, M ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Post fire survey; Pre evacuation human behavior; Pre evacuation time

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BUILDINGS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SURVEYS;

BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS; BUILDING FIRES; DANGEROUS ZONES; FIRE ALARMS; FIRE PROFESSIONALS; MAJOR CITIES; POST-FIRE SURVEY; PRE-EVACUATION HUMAN BEHAVIOR; PRE-EVACUATION TIME; REACTION PATTERNS; REAL FIRES;

FIRES;

EID: 59649108882     PISSN: 00152684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10694-007-0040-6     Document Type: Article

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