Professional paper

HUMAN BEHAVIOUR IN A FIRE SITUATION

Zoran Šimić ; Državna uprava za zaštitu i spašavanje, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

Fires pose a serious threat to people, especially in closed environments with a lot of people. Good evacuation and rescue system is one of the most important factors reducing the number of injured and dead people, whereby the behaviour of people is of crucial importance in the situation of fire, especially when it comes to quick decision making. People can choose various strategies for surviving in fire, but they go through the process of evacuation at different speeds. In addition to making an evacuation and rescue plan, the staff responsible for managing evacuation in crisis situations should also be trained in topics such as disaster psychology. It is important to conduct evacuation and rescue drills, further evaluate those drills and continue improving the evacuation and rescue plan.

Keywords

fire; behaviour of people; evacuation; evacuation and rescue plan; evacuation and rescue drills

Hrčak ID:

99569

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/99569

Publication date:

4.4.2013.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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