ASET and RSET: Addressing some issues in relation to occupant behaviour and tenability

Fire Safety Science

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 91-102

  Purser, David ^a  

^a BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Evacuation; Irritants; Pre movement; Smoke; Travel speed; Yield

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; EVACUATION; IRRITANTS; PRE-MOVEMENT; TRAVEL SPEED; YIELD;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CYANIDES; DESIGN; EFFLUENTS; ENGINEERS; FIRE PROTECTION; HYDROGEN; SMOKE; TOXIC MATERIALS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

FIRES;

EID: 80455159533     PISSN: 18174299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.7-91     Document Type: Conference Paper

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