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Human
Behaviour in Fire is the study of human response when exposed to
fire and other similar emergencies in buildings, structures and
transportation systems. It includes an understanding of people’s
awareness, beliefs, attitudes, motivations, decisions, behaviours
and coping strategies and the factors that influence them. The study
of human behaviour in fire is highly multidisciplinary, involving
practitioners from the fields of mathematics, engineering, architecture,
computer science, law, sociology, psychology, human factors, communications
and ergonomics.
The primary aim of human behaviour research and its translation
into practice is to minimise the risk to people from fire. This
is achieved by generating and collecting quantitative and qualitative
data and information on human responses which can be used to develop
human fire response theory for use in performance based regulatory
systems, computational models, fire safety engineering design, fire
safety education and management.
The 6th Human Behaviour in Fire Symposium facilitated the
dissemination, open discussion and debate on diverse issues related
to human behaviour in fire through a varied programme of research
presentations, seminar discussions and interactive workshops.
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