Fires and Human Behaviour (eBook, ePUB)

Second Edition
Redaktion: Canter, David

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This 2nd edition was first published in 1990 and since the original in 1980 there continued to be considerable loss of life in small and large fires throughout the world. The most significant of these from a behavioural point of view was the King's Cross tube station in 1988. This was a small fire caused by inappropriate human actions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040052365
• Artikelnr.: 70568623

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword to Second Edition. Foreword to First Edition. 1. Studying the Experience of Fires David Canter 2. Behavioural Aspects of the King's Cross Disaster Ian Donald and David Canter 3. Psychological Aspects of Firesetting Robert G. Vreeland and Bernard M. Levin 4. Playing with Matches: Children and Fires Ditsa Kafry 5. The Concept of Panic Jonathan Sime 6. A Survey of Behaviour in Fires Peter G. Wood 7. Fat Fires: A Domestic Hazard Claire Whittington and John R. Wilson 8. Domestic, Multiple Occupancy and Hospital Fires David Canter, John Breaux and Jonathan Sime 9. Human Behaviour in Fires in Total Institutions Gilda M. Haber 10. Fires in Nursing Facilities Lars Lerup, David Cronrath and John K. C. Liu 11. A Model of Behaviour in Fires Applied in a Nursing House Fire Perry Edelman, Elicia Herz and Leonard Bickman 12. An Overview of Human Behaviour in Fires David Canter 13. Informing, Educating and Training to Avoid Disasters David Canter 14. Experiencing Fires Charles Clisby. Index.