Predicting the human response to an emergency

This paper presents a case study of an approach for predicting the human response to a domestic fire, using a combination of a talk-through technique (Kirwan and Ainsworth, 1992) and sequential analysis (Bakeman and Gottman, 1986). 20 participants were asked what actions they would take upon hearin...

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Main Authors: Lawson, Glyn, Sharples, Sarah, Cobb, Sue, Clarke, David
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2009
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2287/
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author Lawson, Glyn
Sharples, Sarah
Cobb, Sue
Clarke, David
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Cobb, Sue
Clarke, David
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description This paper presents a case study of an approach for predicting the human response to a domestic fire, using a combination of a talk-through technique (Kirwan and Ainsworth, 1992) and sequential analysis (Bakeman and Gottman, 1986). 20 participants were asked what actions they would take upon hearing a strange noise in their house, which they were later told was a fire. Each act was recorded and the results were compared to previous research in which people involved in real fires had been interviewed (Canter et al, 1980). A significant relationship was found between the frequency (Spearman’s rho: 0.694, p<0.01) and sequence (Spearman’s rho: 0.441, p<0.05) of acts in this study and those from the interviews with people involved in real fires. More work is needed to develop the approach, but this case study indicates that it might have use as a low-cost method which can be used to predict behaviour in an emergency.
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spelling nottingham-22872024-08-15T15:33:27Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2287/ Predicting the human response to an emergency Lawson, Glyn Sharples, Sarah Cobb, Sue Clarke, David This paper presents a case study of an approach for predicting the human response to a domestic fire, using a combination of a talk-through technique (Kirwan and Ainsworth, 1992) and sequential analysis (Bakeman and Gottman, 1986). 20 participants were asked what actions they would take upon hearing a strange noise in their house, which they were later told was a fire. Each act was recorded and the results were compared to previous research in which people involved in real fires had been interviewed (Canter et al, 1980). A significant relationship was found between the frequency (Spearman’s rho: 0.694, p<0.01) and sequence (Spearman’s rho: 0.441, p<0.05) of acts in this study and those from the interviews with people involved in real fires. More work is needed to develop the approach, but this case study indicates that it might have use as a low-cost method which can be used to predict behaviour in an emergency. 2009 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Lawson, Glyn, Sharples, Sarah, Cobb, Sue and Clarke, David (2009) Predicting the human response to an emergency. In: Contemporary Ergonomics 2009, 22-23 April 2009, London. http://www.crcnetbase.com/isbn/978-0-415-80433-2
spellingShingle Lawson, Glyn
Sharples, Sarah
Cobb, Sue
Clarke, David
Predicting the human response to an emergency
title Predicting the human response to an emergency
title_full Predicting the human response to an emergency
title_fullStr Predicting the human response to an emergency
title_full_unstemmed Predicting the human response to an emergency
title_short Predicting the human response to an emergency
title_sort predicting the human response to an emergency
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2287/
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