Fire Evacuation in Underground Transportation Systems: A Review of Accidents and Empirical Research

Fire Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 451-475

  Fridolf, K ^a   Nilsson, D ^a   Frantzich, H ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Affiliative model; Behaviour sequences; Egress; Empirical research; Evacuation; Experiment; Fire; Fire safety design; Human behaviour; Rail tunnels; Road tunnels; Role rule model; Social influence; Underground stations; Underground transportation systems

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EXPERIMENTS; FIRE PROTECTION; RAILROAD STATIONS; RAILROAD TUNNELS; SUBWAY STATIONS;

BEHAVIOUR SEQUENCES; EGRESS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVACUATION; FIRE SAFETY DESIGNS; HUMAN BEHAVIOURS; RAIL TUNNELS; ROAD TUNNEL; RULE MODELING; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; UNDERGROUND STATIONS; UNDERGROUND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS;

FIRES;

EID: 84872621197     PISSN: 00152684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10694-011-0217-x     Document Type: Review

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