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'Panic' and human behaviour in fire

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  1. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
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ConferenceThe 4th International Symposium on Human Behaviour in Fire: 13 July 2009, Robinson College, Cambridge, UK
SubjectHuman behaviour
Abstract
The word 'panic' is frequently used in media accounts and statements of survivors of emergency evacuations and fires, but what does it really mean, is it a phenomenon that actually occurs? This paper will review the definitions, and present evidence of behaviour from actual fire incidents that may have been misreported or misinterpreted as panic.
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  • Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Human Behaviour in Fire: 13 July 2009, Robinson College, Cambridge, UK (13 July 2009): 387–398.
LanguageEnglish
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NRC numberNRCC 51384
NRC-IRC-20484
NPARC number20374110
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