1st Edition

Fires and Human Behaviour Second Edition

Edited By David Canter Copyright 1990
276 Pages
by Routledge

276 Pages
by Routledge

276 Pages
by Routledge

This second edition of Fires and Human Behaviour was originally published in 1990 and since the first edition in 1980 there continued to be considerable loss of life in small and large fires throughout the world. The most significant of these from a behavioural point of view was the Kings Cross underground station in 1988. This was a relatively small fire caused by inappropriate human actions.... Read more

Foreword to Second Edition.  Foreword to First Edition.  1. Studying the Experience of Fires David Canter  2. Behavioural Aspects of the King’s Cross Disaster Ian Donald and David Canter  3. Psychological Aspects of Firesetting Robert G. Vreeland and Bernard M. Levin  4. Playing with Matches: Children and Fires Ditsa Kafry  5. The Concept of Panic Jonathan Sime  6. A Survey of Behaviour in Fires Peter G. Wood  7. Fat Fires: A Domestic Hazard Claire Whittington and John R. Wilson  8. Domestic, Multiple Occupancy and Hospital Fires David Canter, John Breaux and Jonathan Sime  9. Human Behaviour in Fires in Total Institutions Gilda M. Haber  10. Fires in Nursing Facilities Lars Lerup, David Cronrath and John K. C. Liu  11. A Model of Behaviour in Fires Applied in a Nursing House Fire Perry Edelman, Elicia Herz and Leonard Bickman  12. An Overview of Human Behaviour in Fires David Canter  13. Informing, Educating and Training to Avoid Disasters David Canter  14. Experiencing Fires Charles Clisby.  Index.

Biography

David Canter