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035 _a(Sirsi) u123482
100 _aGalea, E.
245 _aFocus: alarm and evacuation
260 _c2003
490 _aFire Engineers' Journal
_v August 2003, 16-39(22)
520 _aSpecial 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.
590 _aABS
650 _aFIRE EVACUATION
650 _aFIRE ALARMS
650 _aLIFTS
650 _aFIRE ESCAPE
690 _aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING STANDARDS
700 _aJiang, H.
700 _aGwynne, E.
700 _aLawrence, P.
700 _aJia, F.
700 _aIngason, H.
700 _aPurser, D.
700 _aSo, A.
700 _aLai, T.
700 _aYu, J.
700 _aChoppen, B.
700 _aParker, E.
700 _aChamberlaine, M.
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