Focus: alarm and evacuation
Series: Fire Engineers' Journal ; August 2003, 16-39(22)Publication details: 2003Subject(s): Summary: Special report on fire alarm and evacuation comprising of: "World in motion" previews the second International Conference in Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics (PED 2003); "Predicting the past" compares a simulation's predictions with actual events; "Data benefits" identifies the factors which have the greatest impact on building evacuation times to enable research to be targeted at obtaining useful data; "Lift logic" argues that emergency escape lifts should be used as a major means of escape in super-high-rise buildings; "Sound effects" describes the technology available for raising the alarm in the event of fire: "Deaf defying" examines how the implementation of new legislation should raise the standards of fire safety provision for deaf people; "Natural control" outlines a system that was introduced to reduce the number of false alarms.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Journal article | London Journal article | ABS66952 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 123482-1001 |
Special report on fire alarm and evacuation comprising of: "World in motion" previews the second International Conference in Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics (PED 2003); "Predicting the past" compares a simulation's predictions with actual events; "Data benefits" identifies the factors which have the greatest impact on building evacuation times to enable research to be targeted at obtaining useful data; "Lift logic" argues that emergency escape lifts should be used as a major means of escape in super-high-rise buildings; "Sound effects" describes the technology available for raising the alarm in the event of fire: "Deaf defying" examines how the implementation of new legislation should raise the standards of fire safety provision for deaf people; "Natural control" outlines a system that was introduced to reduce the number of false alarms.