The Interaction between occupants and fire alarm systems in complex buildings
Subtitle: This paper reports research conducted with regard to the investigation of the evacuation of personnel from a shopping mall.  The key focus of the investigation relates to the concept of delay in evacuation or pre-reaction time.  The paper reviews the procedure conducted and the data obtained from two evacuations
Publisher: Not applicable
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Preston; England
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 74
Table of contents: title: ABSTRACT	2; title: CONTENTS	4; title: FIGURE	6; title: CHAPTER ONE	7; title: OUTLINE OF THE PROBLEM	7; title: 1.1	INTRODUCTION	7; title: 1. 2	HISTORY	8; title: 1. 3 	RATIONALE	9; title: 1. 4	OBJECTIVES	12; title: CHAPTER TWO	14; title: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND FIRE STUDIES	14; title: 2. 1 	PREAMBLE	14; title: 2. 2	JUDICIAL ENQUIRIES	14; title: 2. 3 	TECHNICAL STUDIES	16; title: 2. 4 	LABORATORY SIMULATIONS	17; title: 2. 5	PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS	19; title: 2. 6	COMPUTER SIMULATIONS	21; title: 2. 7	CASE STUDIES	24; title: 2.8	SUMMARY	29; title: CHAPTER THREE	30; title: DESIGN CRITERIA FOR MEANS OF ESCAPE	30; title: 3. 1	PREAMBLE	30; title: 3. 2	DESIGN STRATEGY FOR SIMPLE BUILDINGS	30; title: FIGURE 3. 1 FACTORS THAT AFFECT ESCAPE (2)	34; title: 3. 3	DESIGN STRATEGY FOR COMPLEX BUILDINGS	36; title: 3.4	PRE-MOVEMENT TIME	37; title: 3.5	BUILDING MANAGEMENT	37; title: 3.6 	FIRE BEHAVIOUR IN BUILDINGS	38; title: 3.7	SUMMARY	40; title: CHAPTER FOUR	41; title: REQUIRED SAFE EXIT TIME	41; title: 4. 1	INTRODUCTION	41; title: 4. 2 	THE CONCEPT	41; title: FIGURE 4. 1 EVACUATION COMPONENTS	42; title: 4.3	SUMMARY	45; title: CHAPTER FIVE	47; title: ASPECTS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR	47; title: 5. 1	PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS	47; title: 5. 2	PSYCHOLOGICAL MODELS	47; title: 5. 3	FIRE WARNING SYSTEMS	49; title: 5.4	SUMMARY	52; title: CHAPTER SIX	53; title: EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF AN EVACUATION SYSTEM	53; title: 6. 1	INTRODUCTION	53; title: 6. 2	OVERVIEW OF THE EXPERIMENTAL WORK	54; title: 6.3	THE EXPERIMENT	54; title: 6. 4	OBJECTIVES	55; title: 6. 5	THE BUILDING	55; title: FIGURE 6. 1 SHOPPING CENTRE LEVEL ONE	56; title: 6. 5	DATA RECORDING	56; title: FIGURE 6. 2 SHOPPING CENTRE LEVEL TWO	57; title: 6. 6	RESULTS AND DISCUSSION	57; title: 6. 7	EVACUATION 1	58; title: FIGURE 6. 1 MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION	58; title: 6. 8	EVACUATION 2	59; title: FIGURE 6. 2 MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION	59; title: FIGURE 6.3 GRAPH OF FLOW RATES	60; title: FIGURE 6.4 COMPARISON OF EVACUATION 1 AND 2	61; title: 6. 9	COMMENT UPON OCCUPANT BEHAVIOUR	62; title: FIGURE 6.5 EVACUATION 1	65; title: FIGURE 6.6 MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION EVACUATION 2 PREMOVEMENT TIME	66; title: FIGURE 6.7 EVACUATION 2	66; title: FIGURE 6.8 MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION EVACUATION 2	67; title: 6. 10	CONCLUSIONS	67; title: CHAPTER SEVEN	69; title: CONCLUSIONS	69; title: 7.0	INTRODUCTION	69; title: 7.1	FINDING FROM THE LITERATURE REVIEW	69; title: 7.2	RESEARCH METHODOLOGY	70; title: 7.3	HUMAN BEHAVIOUR	70; title: 7.4	EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS	70; title: 7. 6	RECOMMENDATIONS	71; title: 7.6.1	STAFF TRAINING	71; title: 7.6.2	CORRECT ALARM SYSTEM	73; title: 7.7	PROSPECTS FOR FURTHER WORK	73; title: 7. 4	SUMMARY	73; title: REFERENCES	74; title: FIGURE; title: FIGURE 3. 1 FACTORS THAT AFFECT ESCAPE (2)	34; title: FIGURE 4. 1 EVACUATION COMPONENTS	42; title: FIGURE 6. 1 SHOPPING CENTRE LEVEL ONE	56; title: FIGURE 6. 2 SHOPPING CENTRE LEVEL TWO	57; title: FIGURE 6. 1 MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION	58; title: FIGURE 6. 2 MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION	59; title: FIGURE 6.3 GRAPH OF FLOW RATES	60; title: FIGURE 6.4 COMPARISON OF EVACUATION 1 AND 2	61; title: FIGURE 6.5 EVACUATION 1	65; title: FIGURE 6.6 MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION EVACUATION 2 PREMOVEMENT TIME	66; title: FIGURE 6.7 EVACUATION 2	66; title: FIGURE 6.8 MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION EVACUATION 2	67