Audibility problems with fire alarms in apartment buildings

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Author	Search for: Proulx, G.¹; Search for: Laroche, C.; Search for: Latour, J. C.¹
Affiliation	National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
Format	Text, Article
Conference	Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 39th Annual Meeting: 09 October 1995, San Diego, California, USA
Subject	Fire alarm response
Abstract	This paper reviews the audibility of fire alarms in three high-rise apartment buildings. The buildings, built during the 1980's, met the local building regulations for the provision of fire alarms at the time of construction. Each building contained approximately 200 apartments, with 1 to 4 persons per apartment. During each evacuation drill, video cameras located in corridors and staircases were used to record the movement time and behaviour of occupants. Precise sound samples of the fire alarm and background noise were taken at different locations in the buildings using a digital audio tape recorder. The sound samples were analysed to assess the level of audibility of the fire alarms.
Publication date	1995-10-01
Note	Also presented at The Ergonomics of Sound: Selections from Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meetings, 1985-2000, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Santa Monica, CA., 2003, pp. 28-32
Language	English
Peer reviewed	Yes
NRC number	NRCC 38808 NRC-IRC-5630
NPARC number	20375621
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