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Fires and human behaviour / edited by David Canter.

Contributor(s): Canter, David V.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Chichester : Wiley, 1980Description: xvii, 338 p. : ill., plans ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0471277096.Subject(s): Fires -- Psychological aspects | Fire preventionDDC classification: 614.84155
Contents:
Fires and human behaviour - An introduction / David Canter -- The requirements of research into the behaviour of people in fires / Ian Appleton -- Psychological aspects of firesetting / Robert G. Vreeland and Bernard M. Levin -- Playing with matches: children and fires / Ditsa Kafry -- The concept of panic / Jonathan D. Sime -- A survey of behaviour in fires / Peter G. Wood -- Fat fires: a domestic hazard / Claire Whittington and John R. Wilson -- Domestic, multiple occupancy and hospital fires / David Canter, John Breaux and Jonathan Sime -- Human behaviour in fires in total institutions / Gilda M. Haber -- Fires in nursing facilities / Lars Lerup, David Cronrath and John K. C. Liu -- A model of behaviour in fires applied to a nursing home fire / Perry Edelman, Elicia Herz and Leonard Bickman -- Patient evacuation in hospitals / Janet Hall -- Building evacuation: research methods and case studies / Jake L. Pauls and Brian K. Jones -- Building evacuation: research findings and recommendations / Jake L. Pauls -- Risk: beliefs and attitudes / Colin H. Green -- Modelling fire safety and risk / Eric W. Marchant -- Communication strategies for fire loss reduction / Richard R. Strother and Laura Baker Buchbinder -- Experiencing fires / Charles Clisby.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 614.84155 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00036756
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fires and human behaviour - An introduction / David Canter -- The requirements of research into the behaviour of people in fires / Ian Appleton -- Psychological aspects of firesetting / Robert G. Vreeland and Bernard M. Levin -- Playing with matches: children and fires / Ditsa Kafry -- The concept of panic / Jonathan D. Sime -- A survey of behaviour in fires / Peter G. Wood -- Fat fires: a domestic hazard / Claire Whittington and John R. Wilson -- Domestic, multiple occupancy and hospital fires / David Canter, John Breaux and Jonathan Sime -- Human behaviour in fires in total institutions / Gilda M. Haber -- Fires in nursing facilities / Lars Lerup, David Cronrath and John K. C. Liu -- A model of behaviour in fires applied to a nursing home fire / Perry Edelman, Elicia Herz and Leonard Bickman -- Patient evacuation in hospitals / Janet Hall -- Building evacuation: research methods and case studies / Jake L. Pauls and Brian K. Jones -- Building evacuation: research findings and recommendations / Jake L. Pauls -- Risk: beliefs and attitudes / Colin H. Green -- Modelling fire safety and risk / Eric W. Marchant -- Communication strategies for fire loss reduction / Richard R. Strother and Laura Baker Buchbinder -- Experiencing fires / Charles Clisby.

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