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PROGRAMME |
MONDAY
13th JULY |
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Panel Discussion: World Trade Centre
Panel Chair: James P. Colgate, Assistant
Commissioner, New York City Department of Buildings
Presentations
Of And Discussions On The Findings Of The Three
Major WTC Research Studies |
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09.30 |
Chairmans
Introduction: James P. Colgate, Assistant Commissioner
for Technical Affairs & Code Development, New York City Department of Buildings, USA |
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10.00 |
Project Group 1:
Federal investigation of the evacuation of the World
Trade Center on September 11, 2001
Jason Averill, R Peacock, E Kuligowski, R Reneke,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
D Mileti, University of Colorado, N Groner, John
Jay College, H Nelson, Independent Consultant, USA
and G Proulx, National Research Council Canada,
Canada
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10.30 |
Refreshment
Break |
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11.00 |
Project Group 2:
The World Trade Center evacuation study: Factors
associated with evacuation time and injury
Robyn Gershon, Columbia University, USA
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11.30 |
Project
Group 3:
The UK WTC 9/11 evacuation study: An overview of
the methodologies employed and some analysis relating
to fatigue, stair travel speeds and occupant response
times
Edwin Galea, Lynn Hulse, Rachel Day, Asim Siddiqui,
Gary Sharp, University of Greenwich, UK
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12.00 |
Open Panel
Discussion |
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12.30 |
Lunch |
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Fire
Safety Design And Evacuation Issues Associated With
Tall Buildings
Chair: Marc Chubb, Portland State University |
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13.45 |
Selecting appropriate evacuation strategies for super tall buildings:
Current challenges and needs
Jeffrey Tubbs, Arup and Brian Meacham, Worcester
Polytechnic Institute, US |
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14.05 |
A study
on high rise building fire evacuation strategies
for Taipei 101 Financial Centre
Kuang-Hua Hsiung, Fire Department of Taipei
City, Shen-Wen Chien, Po-Ta Huang, Central Police
University and Chiung-Hsuan Tseng, Fire Department,
Taoyuan County, Taiwan
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14.25 |
A situation awareness requirements analysis
for the use of elevators during fire emergencies
Norman Groner, John Jay College, City University
of New York, USA
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14.45 |
Discussion |
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15.00 |
Refreshment
Break |
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15.30 |
Lifts
for evacuation – Human behaviour considerations
Emma Heyes, Arup Fire, Australia and Michael
Spearpoint, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
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15.50 |
IInvestigating
the use of elevators for high-rise building evacuation
through computer simulation
Michael Kinsey, Edwin Galea, Peter Lawrence,
University of Greenwich, UK
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16.10 |
Discussion |
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16.25 |
Discussion Panel: Elevators
for Evacuation
Panel Chair: Guylene Proulx
NRC,
Canada
The
use of elevators or lifts as a means of escape from
fire is gaining acceptance around the world. Some buildings are
equipped with elevators/lifts for building
evacuation in an emergency e.g. the Stratosphere
Tower in
Las Vegas, the Shard
in London and the
Eureka Hotel in Melbourne. However
several contentious issues remain unresolved.
This Discussion Panel will address these issues.;
Panel Members:
Jason Averill, NIST; Emma Heyes,
ARUP; Glen Hedman, UIC; Jake Pauls, Consultant; David McColl, OTIS; Peter Johnson,
ARUP. |
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18.00 |
Close |
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18.45 |
Welcome Reception, College
Gardens |
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TUESDAY
14TH JULY |
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Evacuation by means of stairs and/or escalators
- related issues
Chair: Ed Galea, University of Greenwich |
Evacuation Dynamics - Experimental and simulation
studies
Chair: Ai Sekizawa, University of
Tokyo |
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9.00 |
Experimental
studies to investigate merging behaviour in a staircase
Karen E Boyce, Jim Shields, University of Ulster
and David Purser, Hartford Environmental Research,
UK
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A comprehensive modern approach to developing
evacuation data capture/analysis and simulation
tools for real world fire engineering
Shrikant Sharma, V Tabak, D Brocklehurst, Buro
Happold Ltd and A Sagun, D Bouchlaghem, Loughborough
University, UK
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9.20 |
Analysis
on occupants' escape speed and reason of bottle-neck
occurrence through the trial evacuation experiment
at a high-rise apartment housing
Jun-ho Choi, Hyun-seung Hwang, Won-hwa Hong,
Yeol. Choi, Kyungpook National University, Korea
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Evacuation in complex environments
– an analysis of evacuation conditions in
a nuclear power plant and a tunnel construction
site
Håkan Frantzich, Daniel Nilsson, Lund University,
Sweden
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9.40 |
Who
defers to whom? Deference behaviour on stairs
Marie Melly, Patrick Lennon, Ruth Lennon, Letterkenny
Institute of Technology, Ireland
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Hotel
evacuation at night; an analysis of unannounced
fire drills under various conditions
Margrethe Kobes, Netherlands Institute for Safety
and VU University Amsterdam, Nancy Oberijé,
Karin Groenewegen, Netherlands Institute for Safety,
Ira Helsloot, VU University Amsterdam and Bauke
de Vries, Eindhoven University of Technology, The
Netherlands
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Implications
of modelling and experimental studies of evacuation
behaviour on stairs for multistorey building design
David Purser, Hartford Environmental Research
and Karen Boyce, FireSERT, University of Ulster, UK
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Evacuation of a cinema
auditorium with mobility disabled persons in public
Manuela Tancogne-Dejean, H Colina ATILH and K Van
Niel, D Ilsbrock, LCPP ,France
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10.20 |
Discussion |
Discussion |
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10.40 |
Refreshment
Break |
Refreshment
Break |
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11.10 |
Feasibility of upward evacuation by escalator
– An experimental study
Naoko Okada, Yuji Hasemi, Shuji Moriyama, Kazutaka
Hirakawa, Kota Takemori, Takahiro Hebiishi, Yunqin
Lu, Waseda University, Japan
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A
study on evacuation of school buildings for elementary
education
Rosaria Ono, University of São Paulo
and Marcos Vargas Valentin, Valentin Arquitetura,
Brazil
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11.30 |
Extended model of pedestrian
escalator behaviour based on data collected within
a Chinese underground station
Michael Kinsey, Edwin Galea, Peter Lawrence, University
of Greenwich, UK
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Pre-school and school children
building evacuation
V Kholshevnikov, State Moscow University of Civil
Engineering and D Samoshin, A Parfenenko, Academy
of State Fire Service of Russia, Russia
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11.50 |
Study on availability
and issues of evacuation using stopped escalators
in a subway station
Hiroyuki Kadokura, Tokyu Research Institute,
Inc, Ai Sekizawa, University of Tokyo, Wataru Takahashi,
ING Co Ltd, Japan
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Evacuation
from a single family house
Guylène Proulx, National Research Council
Canada, Canada
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12.10 |
Discussion |
Discussion |
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12.25 |
Lunch |
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13.40 |
Poster
Session I (go
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Visibility and Effectiveness of Signage in Degrading
Environments
Chair: Guylene Proulx, NRCC |
Evacuee Behaviours and experiences in real fires
Chair: John Averill, NIST |
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14.30 |
Simulation
of perceived visibility in smoke laden environment
Qihui Zhang, Philip Rubini, University of Hull,
UK
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14.50 |
Modelling
the visibility of emergency signs in smoke and smoke-free
conditions
Volker Schneider, IST GmbH, Germany
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Fire
in an operating theatre what really happens? A case
study of a fire in a private hospital in Hamilton,
New Zealand
Debbie Scott, OnFire Consulting Ltd, New Zealand
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15.10 |
Experimental study of the effectiveness of
emergency signage
Hui Xie, Lazaros Filippidis, Edwin Galea, Darren
Blackshields, Peter Lawrence, University of Greenwich,
UK
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An analysis
of the response behaviours of the evacuees of WTC1
on 9/11
N McConnell, Queens University Belfast, K Boyce,
J Shields, FireSERT, University of Ulster, UK
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15.30 |
Calculating
methods of evacuee’s behavior based on the
floor illuminance in fire smoke estimated by two
layer zone mode
Yuki Akizuki, University of Toyama, Naoya Hara,
Kansai University and Takeyoshi Tanaka, Kyoto University,
Japan
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Fire in Euroborg Football
Stadium; Analysis of human behaviour
Nancy Oberijé, Margrethe Kobes, Jans Weges,
Jos Post, Netherlands Institute for Safety (NIFV),
The Netherlands
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15.30 |
Discussion |
Discussion |
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15.50 |
Refreshment
Break |
Refreshment
Break |
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16.15 –
17.15 |
Posters Session
II
(go to list) |
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18.30 |
CONFERENCE
RECEPTION & DINNER |
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WEDNESDAY
15TH JULY |
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Populations at Greater Risk from Fire
Chair: Rosario Ono |
Emergency Planning and Decision Making
Chair: Karen Boyce |
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8.50 |
Community based research
on the effectiveness of the home smoke alarm in
waking up children
Dorothy Bruck, Ian Thomas, Victoria University,
Australia
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How well will your emergency
plan work? – A technique to assess human errors
and human behaviour in emergency response
S Y Zachary Au, Human Interactions Limited,
UK
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9.10 |
Behaviour, fire and older
people: Implications of the demographic growth of
a vulnerable population
Ian Miller, Heimdall Consulting Ltd, New Zealand
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On-line
information and decision-support in building egress
Elise Miller-Hooks, University of Maryland,
USA
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9.30 |
Sleep inertia in the context
of emergency evacuation: a review of what we do
and do not know
Dorothy Bruck, Melanie Tokley, Victoria University,
Australia
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Application of adaptive
management concepts to building evacuation and emergency
response
Brian Meacham, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
USA
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9.50 |
Discussion |
Discussion |
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10.05 |
Refreshment
Break |
Refreshment
Break |
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Occupant Responses to Fire Stimuli
Chair: Ian Thomas |
Towards Performance Based Human Behaviour In Fire Safety Engineering
Chair; David Charters |
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10.30 |
The use of auditory, tactile
and visual alarm signals: A focus on the effectiveness
of light
Michelle Ball, Dorothy Bruck, Ian Thomas, Victoria
University, Australia
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A review of the sources
of occupant performance data used in building evacuation
models
Rani Kady, Old Dominion University, Steve Gwynne,
Hughes Associates and Jerry Davis, Auburn University,
USA
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10.50 |
Adapting
the road tunnel safety devices to the users
Marc Tesson, Sylvie Lavedrine, Tunnel study
centre (CETU) and Laurent Baudet, DIRIF, France
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The
standardization of human egress data
Steven Gwynne, Hughes Assocs Inc, USA
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11.10 |
‘Panic’ and
human behaviour in fire
Rita Fahy, National Fire Protection Association,
USA, Guylène Proulx, National Research Council
of Canada, Canada and Lata Aiman, Deakin University,
Australia
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The use of experts for
predicting human behaviour in fires
Glyn Lawson, Sarah Sharples, David Clarke, Sue Cobb,
The University of Nottingham, UK
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11.30 |
A survey of the characteristics
of human evacuation behaviours in building fires
Wei-wen Tseng, Tzu-sheng Shen, Chien-wen Liang,
Central Police University, Taiwan
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Implementation of cognitive
mapping, spatial representation and wayfinding behaviours
of people within evacuation modelling tools
Anand Veeraswamy, Peter Lawrence, Edwin Galea, University
of Greenwich, UK
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11.50 |
Is consideration of evacuation
relevant to most fire fatalities? Using the CESARE
Coronial Database to investigate the utility of
ASET/RSET calculations
Ian Thomas, Dorothy Bruck, Michelle Barnett, CESARE,
Victoria University, Australia
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A risk contour based methodology
towards improving the validity of RSET estimations
in ASET/RSET evaluations
Mahmut Horasan, Scientific Fire Services Pty
Ltd, Australia
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12.10 |
An investigation of passenger
exit selection decisions in aircraft evacuation
situations
Madeleine Togher, Edwin Galea, Peter Lawrence, University
of Greenwich, UK
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Complex systems –
a holistic approach for understanding and modelling
fire evacuation behaviour
Daniel Nilsson, Lund University and Christian Uhr,
Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency,
Revinge College, Sweden
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12.30 |
Discussion |
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13.00 |
Lunch |
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14.10
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Informed Emergency Responses through
Improved Situation Awareness Discussion Panel
Chair: Jake
Pauls, Consultant
Situation
Awareness is being aware of what is happening around
you and understanding what information is available and
what that information actually means to the present
and especially in a developing emergency. Situation
awareness is not new in the field of human behaviour in fire. Serous failures in situation awareness
have been identified as central to unfortunate outcomes
in several emergencies eg
World Trade Center 2001. It is apparent that greater
attention must be paid by all concerned with fire
safety in the development of future strategies and
tactics to achieve reasonable fire and life safety
in buildings and other structures.
Panel
members :
Norman Groner, John Jay College
of Criminal Justice;
Steve Gwynne, Hughes Associates; Erica Kuligowski, NIST; Brian Meacham, Worcester Polytechnic
Inst, Guylene Proulx, National Research Council;
Ian Thomas, Victoria Univ |
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15.45 |
Closing Remarks |
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16.00 |
Close
and refreshments |
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Tuesday
13.40-14.30 |
Simulation
of human movement by cellular automata models using
different update schemes
Christian Rogsch, University of Wuppertal, A
Schadschneider, University of Cologne, A Seyfried,
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
Simulating building evacuation using an agent based
approach
Nate Wittasek, Arup, USA
Flow-based microsimulation of evacuation processes
Nick Waterson, Mott MacDonald Ltd/Imperial College
London, S Le Bail, Mott MacDonald Ltd and B V H
Boulanger, Imperial College London, UK
Sensor-linked simulation for emergency response
Jeremy Fraser-Mitchell, BRE Global and Sung-Han
Koo, Stephen Welch, The University of Edinburgh,
UK
Introducing pathfinder: An agent-based egress simulator
Charlie Thornton, Richard O'Konski, Brian Hardeman,
Thunderhead Engineering Consultants, Inc., USA
Comparison of two egress models and a full-scale
experiment
Bjørg Christoffersen, AK83, Consulting
Architects and Christina Söderlind, ALECTIA
A/S, Denmark
An experimental study on the evacuation flow of
crowd including wheelchair users
Taku Shimada, Akeno Fire Research Institute
and Hideo Naoi, Tokyo University of Science, Japan
Assessment of human behavior parameters used in
performance-based design approaches for different
building use groups
Alberto Alvarez, Brian Meacham, Worcester Polytechnic
Institute, USA
Risk Factors For Residential Fire Fatality Across
The Lifespan: Comparing Coronial Data For Children,
Adults, And Elders
Helen Graesser, Michelle Ball, & Dorothy
Bruck, Victoria University, Centre for Environmental
Safety and Risk Engineering (CESARE), Australia
A study on the adaptive guidance-system and the
evacuation experiments for simulation model
Hidekazu Kakei, The University of Tokushima,
Toshihiko Sako, Tomonori Sano, Waseda University
and Hiroomi Sato, ERS Corp., Japan
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TUESDAY
16.15-17.15
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Evacuation
for tall buildings in Hong Kong
Kendrew Ng, W Chow, The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University, China and C Chow, University of Cambridge,
UKS
Study on the changes of evacuation performance in
the staircase of high-rise building
Gyuyeob Jeon, Kyungpook Nat'l University, South
Korea
Stair descent devices: An overview of current devices
and proposed framework for standards and testing
Glenn Hedman, University of Illinois at Chicago,
USA
Dimensioning stairs and door widths for Dutch building
regulations
Peter van de Leur, B Peters, M Haas, DGMR Consulting
Engrs Bouw b.v., The Netherlands
Human behaviour in tunnel accidents
Silke Eder, Johanna Brutting, Andreas Muhlberger,
Paul Pauli, University of Wurzburg, Germany
An evacuation simulation method for a high speed
passenger train
Jorge Capote, Daniel Alvear, Orlando Abreu,
Mariano Lázaro, Arturo Cuesta, University
of Cantabria, Spain
Experiments of the subway car egress
Jong-Hoon Kim, Woon-Hyung Kim, Kyungmin College,
Sam-Kew Roh, Kwangwoon University and Duck-Hee Lee,
Woo-Sung Jung, Korea Railroad Research Institute,
Korea
School bus evacuation: Research to practice
Rani Kady, Old Dominion University and Korrie
Allen, Eastern Virginia Medical School, USA
Human behavior AND fire: A renewed paradigm for
fire safety engineering
Vincent Brannigan, University of Maryland, USA
The process of human behavior in fires
Erica Kuligowski, National Institute of Standards
and Technology, USA
An analysis of fires with mass life losses in Russian
federation and recomendation for its prevention
V Kholshevnikov, State Moscow University of
Civil Engineering and D Samoshin, I Belosokhov,
Academy of State Fire Service of Russia, Russia
Occupant response and evacuation at the Station
Nightclub fire: An analysis of witness statements
Rita Fahy, National Fire Protection Association,
USA and Guylène Proulx, National Research
Council of Canada, Canada
Crowd pressure against fixed walls of experimentally
overcrowded area and its effect on human body
Hidemasa Yoshimura, Osaka Inst of Technology,
Japan
An evaluation of firefighting and
evacuation lifts: exploring the concept of using
lifts to escape buildings in fire.
Peter Sumner, WSP Group, UK
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