Preliminary findings of observations of 40 high-rise office building evacuation drills carried out in Canada have helped to clarify crowd movement characteristics and other factors affecting fire emergency procedures. They raise questions concerning current design and regulatory practices and suggest new standards for means of egress.Les mesures d'\ue9vacuation et le comportement des occupants d'un \ue9difice en cas d'incendie ne sont pas aussi bien connus que d'autres aspects de la conception de plus en plus syst\ue9matique et technologique de la s\ue9curit\ue9 incendie dans les \ue9difices. La situation \ue9volue toutefois. Des recherches r\ue9 centes et en cours au Canada, dans le Royaume-Uni aux Etats- Unis comportement l'\ue9tude des m...
The National Fire Lab of the Institute for Research in Construction (IRC) of the National Research C...
This paper takes the stand that elevator evacuation is inevitable in highrise structures to ensure a...
Purpose- The purpose of this paper is to identify the challenges resulted from human-behaviour under...
The hazard to life safety from fire in high-rise buildings has been widely publicized. In Canada, se...
A joint research project was undertaken by the National Research Council of Canada (NRCC) and Canada...
Evacuation of endangered occupants of buildings may be necessary in a variety of intra-building and ...
Today most buildings are equipped with adequate fire safety systems. Never the less fires still occu...
A number of casualties have been found in high-rise corridors and stairwells during the fire evacuat...
Movement of people on exit stairs and other egress facilities has been documented in evacuation dril...
Over the last few years interest in emergency evacuation of buildings has grown considerably, as a r...
This paper describes some Canadian studies of the use of buildings that were undertaken because of i...
A review of literature related to fire evacuation in high-rise buildings was carried out with the fo...
This paper will review common behaviors observed during fire emergencies, particularly those that ha...
The time necessary to evacuate today's high-rise buildings in a fire emergency is unsatisfactory fro...
This paper addresses human behaviour in building fire situations in North America It reviews recent ...
The National Fire Lab of the Institute for Research in Construction (IRC) of the National Research C...
This paper takes the stand that elevator evacuation is inevitable in highrise structures to ensure a...
Purpose- The purpose of this paper is to identify the challenges resulted from human-behaviour under...
The hazard to life safety from fire in high-rise buildings has been widely publicized. In Canada, se...
A joint research project was undertaken by the National Research Council of Canada (NRCC) and Canada...
Evacuation of endangered occupants of buildings may be necessary in a variety of intra-building and ...
Today most buildings are equipped with adequate fire safety systems. Never the less fires still occu...
A number of casualties have been found in high-rise corridors and stairwells during the fire evacuat...
Movement of people on exit stairs and other egress facilities has been documented in evacuation dril...
Over the last few years interest in emergency evacuation of buildings has grown considerably, as a r...
This paper describes some Canadian studies of the use of buildings that were undertaken because of i...
A review of literature related to fire evacuation in high-rise buildings was carried out with the fo...
This paper will review common behaviors observed during fire emergencies, particularly those that ha...
The time necessary to evacuate today's high-rise buildings in a fire emergency is unsatisfactory fro...
This paper addresses human behaviour in building fire situations in North America It reviews recent ...
The National Fire Lab of the Institute for Research in Construction (IRC) of the National Research C...
This paper takes the stand that elevator evacuation is inevitable in highrise structures to ensure a...
Purpose- The purpose of this paper is to identify the challenges resulted from human-behaviour under...