Evaluating the physical demands on firefighters using hand-carried stair descent devices to evacuate mobility-limited occupants from high-rise buildings

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 389-397

  Lavender, Steven A ^a   Hedman, Glenn E ^b   Mehta, Jay P ^a   Reichelt, Paul A ^b   Conrad, Karen M ^b   Park, Sanghyun ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency evacuation; EMS; Evacuation of individuals with disabilities; Firefighter; Stair descent devices

Indexed keywords

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; STAIRS; TALL BUILDINGS;

EMERGENCY EVACUATION; EMS; EVACUATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES; FIREFIGHTER; STAIR DESCENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BUILDING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; ERGONOMICS; FIRE FIGHTER; GENERAL DEVICE; HAND CARRIED STAIR DESCENT DEVICE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RESCUE WORK; SIMULATION; VELOCITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

EMERGENCY EVACUATION; EMS; EVACUATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES; FIREFIGHTER; STAIR DESCENT DEVICES;

ADULT; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FIREFIGHTERS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892854772     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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