Design occupant groups concept applied to fire safety engineering human behaviour studies

Fire Safety Science

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 953-962

  Horasan, Mahmut B N ^a  

^a Scientific Services Laboratory   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evacuation; Occupant groups; RSET

Indexed keywords

EVACUATION; EVACUATION PROCESS; FIRE ENGINEERING; FIRE SAFETY ENGINEERING; INHERENT RISK; OCCUPANT GROUPS; RSET; TIMELINE ANALYSIS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DESIGN; FIRES; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

FIRE PROTECTION;

EID: 84555187667     PISSN: 18174299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.7-953     Document Type: Conference Paper

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