Human behavior under fire situations – portuguese population

Among possible emergency situations, those that very likely will mostly affect human behavior are the ones related to fire, due to the many reasons associated with its initiation. This paper summarizes a case-study on the human behavior under fire situations, based on the analysis of data collected...

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Autor principal: Cordeiro, E. (author)
Outros Autores: Leça Coelho, A. (author)
Formato: conferenceObject
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2012
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Texto completo:http://repositorio.lnec.pt:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/1004233
País:Portugal
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Resumo:Among possible emergency situations, those that very likely will mostly affect human behavior are the ones related to fire, due to the many reasons associated with its initiation. This paper summarizes a case-study on the human behavior under fire situations, based on the analysis of data collected through a questionnaire, applied to the Portuguese population nationwide. There were 14 questions related to fire, to which 225 answers were obtained. Within these 225 answers, 50 originated from people that actually experienced or were involved in a fire situation. The study was already able to point out some trends in the behavioral analysis. However, it is not ready to fully support the development of a simulation model capable of estimating the pre-movement time. With this purpose, other questionnaires are being designed.