ABSTRACT

A few decades ago, the responses of people to re were not integrated into re protection design. When human behavior was considered, it was often limited to simple assumptions that were not always appropriate. For example, designers may have assumed that occupants of a building immediately began exiting upon hearing an alarm signal. However, information in the literature indicates that this frequently is not the case (Canter, 1985; Bryan, 1983; Wood, 1980).