Workshop on Building Occupant Movement During Fire Emergencies, June 10-11, 2004, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Published

January 1, 2005

Author(s)

Richard D. Peacock, Erica D. Kuligowski

Abstract

The National Institute of Standards and Technology hosted a two-day workshop focusing on needed research on occupant behavior and movement during building emergencies. This workshop was motivated by a renewed interest in how buildings should be evacuated during fire emergencies and by the desire to provide a forum for the exchange of experiences among the fire and non-fire communities working on emergency egress. The workshop was organized into several sessions with specific topics areas, including codes and standards requirements for building evacuation, building egress strategies, and data needs for predictive models. Several presentations were included in each session, with an extended period for discussion at the end of each session. For each presentation, visuals used for the presentation are included, along with any additional information provided by the author on the topic. For each workshop session, the session moderator prepared a summary of key points of research interest from the presentations and discussion.

Citation

Special Publication (NIST SP) - 1032

Report Number

1032

NIST Pub Series

Special Publication (NIST SP)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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Keywords

building fires, egress, evacuation, fire, fire research, human behavior, human factors engineering, models

Citation

Peacock, R. and Kuligowski, E. (2005), Workshop on Building Occupant Movement During Fire Emergencies, June 10-11, 2004, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=861335 (Accessed December 14, 2024)