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Fire and materials

Journal Volume: 23
Journal Issue: 6
Journal Year: 1999
Articles in SafetyLit: 21

A personal perspective on research, consulting and codes/standards development in fire-related human behaviour, 1969-1999, with an emphasis on space and time factors

A review of the methodologies used in evacuation modelling

An aircraft accident database of human experience in evacuation derived from aviation accident reports

An engineering model for the estimation of occupant premovement and or response times and the probability of their occurrence

Analysis and modelling of the unannounced evacuation of a large retail store

Emergence of aged populace: Who is at higher risk in fires?

Evacuation of a theatre: Exercise vs calculations

Fire alarm in a public building: How do people evaluate information and choose an evacuation exit?

Human behaviour in fire

Human behaviour in fire: The development and maturity of a scholarly study area

Integrating human factors issues into engineered fire safety design

Modelling human behaviour within the fire risk assessment tool CRISP

Occupancy classification for performance-based life safety

Occupant evacuation and orientation problems in large halls - An exhibition building case study

Occupant response during a residential highrise fire

Occupants' behaviour in response to the high-rise apartments fire in Hiroshima City

Performance based fire safety regulation under intentional uncertainty

Performance in smoke of wayguidance systems

Towards the characterization of large retail stores

Value-based fire safety: A new regulatory model for mitigating human error

Victims and survivors in fatal residential building fires