Facilities: Volume 17 Issue 9/10

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Table of contents

Integrating human behavior and response issues into fire safety management of facilities

Brian J. Meacham

Although there is a growing international movement toward the use of engineered or performance‐based fire safety design, current practice is dominated by prescriptive‐based…

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Crowd facilities, management and communications in disasters

Jonathan D. Sime

This paper reviews the human behaviour and risk communications which occurred during a number of major fires (Beverly Hills Supper Club, Summerland, Woolworth’s, Bradford, King’s…

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Managing evacuating people from facilities during a fire emergency

Lars Benthorn, Håkan Frantzich

A review of research, interviews and experiments at an IKEA building are presented with results that could affect the planning and real time management. Subjects had to choose…

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How to initiate evacuation movement in public buildings

Guylène Proulx

Research and experience show that occupants tend to ignore fire alarm signals and continue their activities in large public buildings. Alternative means to alert the public in the…

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Towards the prediction of evacuation behaviours for people with learning difficulties

T.J. Shields, B. Smyth, K.E. Boyce, G.W.H. Silcock

Facilities to cater for the needs of people with learning difficulties are provided in a range of accommodation which includes new build and adapted buildings. Issues related to…

Facilities management disability and emergency evacuation

T.J. Shields, K.E. Boyce, G.W.H. Silcock

Developments in recent years in safety legislation have shifted the burden of responsibility for safety to the owners and managers of facilities. This shift has occurred following…

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Creating a fire safety management system for offshore facilities

Alan N. Beard, Jaime Santos‐Reyes

Fire safety management on offshore platforms has been a matter of major concern since the publication of the Cullen report into the Piper Alpha fire. In order to be able to…

1960

Fire safety management and risk assessment

G. Ramachandran

The paper discusses the problems encountered in the management and quantitative evaluation of fire risk and safety in a building. Rational methods for obtaining solutions to these…

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Facilities management and fire safety during alterations, changes‐in‐use, and the maintenance of building facilities – a management model for debate

John Hinks, Marie‐Cécile Puybaraud

This paper reports some interim findings from organisational research into site fire safety which looks at the relevance of Contractor and Facilities Manager attitudes to safety…

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Cover of Facilities

ISSN:

0263-2772

Online date, start – end:

1983

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Dr Joseph Lai
  • Dr Sarel Lavy