Pre-evacuation human reactions in fires: An attribution analysis considering psychological process

H. L. Mu, J. H. Wang, Z. L. Mao, J. H. Sun, S. M. Lo, Q. S. Wang

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    Abstract

    Through reviewing a large quantity of relevant literature and investigating into a few representative fire cases, some typical preevacuation human behavior under fire situations are discussed and defined preliminary. Furthermore, interactional factors that influence human reactions before evacuation in fires are demonstrated systematically. On the basis of this theory, attribution analysis is also conducted on psychological process to fires of human in pre-evacuation time, which includes the first phase of risk perception and the second one of decision-making, while combining the effects from psychological deviation and culture background. Moreover, a probabilistic description method of pre-evacuation human behavior concerning psychological process in fires is proposed in this paper for an exploration. The results may assist in completing the theory of human psychological reactions and emergency behaviors in preevacuation time of fire situations, and also providing scientific reference for those coping with unconventional emergencies and developing the measures of intervention. © 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProcedia Engineering
    Pages290-296
    Volume52
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2013
    Event2012 International Conference on Performance-Based Fire and Fire Protection Engineering - Guangzhou, China
    Duration: 17 Oct 201219 Oct 2012

    Publication series

    Name
    Volume52
    ISSN (Print)1877-7058

    Conference

    Conference2012 International Conference on Performance-Based Fire and Fire Protection Engineering
    PlaceChina
    CityGuangzhou
    Period17/10/1219/10/12

    Research Keywords

    • Attribution analysis
    • Human-fire interactions
    • Pre-evacuation human behavior
    • Probabilistic describing method
    • Psychological process

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    • This full text is made available under CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

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