Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Taking advantage of theories and models on human behaviour in the fire safety design of underground transportation systems

Fridolf, Karl LU ; Nilsson, Daniel LU and Frantzich, Håkan LU (2012) Fifth International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security p.619-626
Abstract
Fire accidents in underground transportation systems, e.g., tunnels and underground stations, can cause many fatalities. It is therefore important in fire safety design to give adequate consideration to all aspects related to evacuation. The paper provides a review of two previously reported fire accidents based on a theoretical framework, namely four accepted human behaviour theories. These theories provide qualitative guidance on human behaviour in the event of fire in underground transportation systems, and it is therefore argued that they need to be considered in the fire safety design of these facilities.
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
; and
organization
publishing date
type
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
publication status
published
subject
keywords
tunnel, underground station, fire, human behaviour, evacuation, egress, behaviour sequences, role-rule model, affiliative model, social influence
host publication
[Host publication title missing]
editor
Lönnermark, Anders and Ingason, Haukur
pages
619 - 626
publisher
SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden
conference name
Fifth International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security
conference dates
2012-03-16
external identifiers
  • other:SP Report 2012:10
ISSN
0284-5172
ISBN
978-91-87017-26-1
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
c9336677-ce99-4564-b124-469981fef698 (old id 2372710)
date added to LUP
2016-04-01 13:00:01
date last changed
2018-11-21 20:11:13
@inproceedings{c9336677-ce99-4564-b124-469981fef698,
  abstract     = {{Fire accidents in underground transportation systems, e.g., tunnels and underground stations, can cause many fatalities. It is therefore important in fire safety design to give adequate consideration to all aspects related to evacuation. The paper provides a review of two previously reported fire accidents based on a theoretical framework, namely four accepted human behaviour theories. These theories provide qualitative guidance on human behaviour in the event of fire in underground transportation systems, and it is therefore argued that they need to be considered in the fire safety design of these facilities.}},
  author       = {{Fridolf, Karl and Nilsson, Daniel and Frantzich, Håkan}},
  booktitle    = {{[Host publication title missing]}},
  editor       = {{Lönnermark, Anders and Ingason, Haukur}},
  isbn         = {{978-91-87017-26-1}},
  issn         = {{0284-5172}},
  keywords     = {{tunnel; underground station; fire; human behaviour; evacuation; egress; behaviour sequences; role-rule model; affiliative model; social influence}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{619--626}},
  publisher    = {{SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden}},
  title        = {{Taking advantage of theories and models on human behaviour in the fire safety design of underground transportation systems}},
  year         = {{2012}},
}