Experimental study of occupants' situational awareness during a fire by sounding of wireless, interconnected alarm smoke detectors at a small‐scale hostel that was originally a single‐family house
Yoshikazu Minegishi,
Wataru Takahashi,
Yuka Ikehata
Abstract:In recent years, there has been an increasing demand for small‐scale hostels, such as vacation rentals, known as “minpaku” in Japanese, which were originally single‐family houses. To convert these buildings for use as accommodation facilities, improvements must be made to fire evacuation safety measures. An effective and reasonable measure for this improvement is the installation of wireless, interconnected alarm smoke detectors. We conducted experiments to examine how sleeping guests recognize these alarms wh… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.