Essays about: "fire drills"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words fire drills.

  1. 1. Teachers’ Perception of Factors Delaying Evacuation of School Children

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

    Author : Rikard Mobratt; [2023]
    Keywords : Evacuation; School children; Fire drill; Fire emergency evacuation; Elementary school; Teachers; Questionnaire Utrymning; Skolbarn; Utrymningsövning; Brandutrymning; Grundskola; Lärare; Enkät; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study teachers’ perception of children’s ability to evacuate, thus learning about children’s evacuation behavior. Questions of interest are teachers’ perception of children’s ability to evacuate, their behavior, if there are any misconceptions in the teachers’ perception and how fire evacuation drills influence the teachers’ perceptions. READ MORE

  3. 2. Youth Preparedness in the United States: Assessing the Impact of the American Red Cross’s “Prepare with Pedro!” Program

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Julia Sandberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Disaster preparedness; children and families; DRR preparedness education programs; fire safety; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Home fires are the most prevalent and preventable disaster in the United States. It is notoriously difficult to teach disaster preparedness skills to adults. But, when their children are taught this material, households are more likely to make changes. READ MORE

  4. 3. Pedestrian trajectories on a 90° turn in a corridor: A non-immersive virtual reality study.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

    Author : Leidy Marcela Correa; [2021]
    Keywords : Virtual Reality; Social Influence; Trajectories; Evacuation; Corridors.; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : When an emergency occurs, bottlenecks can emerge at the corners of corridors. Therefore, it is essential to understand how people move through complex geometries during evacuation to improve architectural designs. READ MORE

  5. 4. Flashing lights at road tunnel emergency exit portals: A Virtual Reality study with low-cost Head Mounted Displays

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

    Author : David Mayorga; [2017]
    Keywords : Virtual Reality; Cross comparison; Head Mounted Displays; Theory of Affordances; Flashing Lights; Road Tunnels; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Previous studies have provided detailed recommendations regarding the design of flashing lights at emergency exit portals in road tunnels. Theory of Affordances have assisted safety designers fixing characteristics such as color, flashing rate, type and number of lights in emergency systems. READ MORE

  6. 5. Modeling groundwater flow and PFOS transport. : A case study at the old fire drill site of Bromma Stockholm Airport.

    University essay from KTH/Mark- och vattenteknik

    Author : Joakim Persson; Niklas Andersson; [2016]
    Keywords : Bromma Stockholm Airport; PFOS; Visual MODFLOW; Geophysics;

    Abstract : At Bromma Stockholm Airport, fire drills have previously been performed at a location outside the current airport confinements. Fire drills were performed with extinguisher foams containing toxic perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), which have polluted the site. Harmful effects of PFOS include but are not limited to damages to the endocrine system. READ MORE