An investigation into staff behaviour in unannounced evacuations of retail stores - Implications for training and fire safety engineering

Fire Safety Science

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 519-530

  Samochine, Dmitry A ^a   Boyce, Karen ^b   Shields, Jim ^b  

^a Academy of State Fire Service of EMERCOM of Russia   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evacuation; Occupancy; Staff; Training

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COSTS; FIRE PROTECTION; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL TRAINING; RETAIL STORES; SALES; SURVEYS;

CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION; CUSTOMER RESPONSE; EVACUATION; FIRE EMERGENCIES; FIRE SAFETY ENGINEERING; OCCUPANCY; PERFORMANCE-BASED FIRE SAFETY ENGINEERINGS; STAFF;

FIRES;

EID: 72549109988     PISSN: 18174299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.8-519     Document Type: Conference Paper

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