ABSTRACT This paper provides a graphic and narrative mapping technique showing the behavior of fi... more ABSTRACT This paper provides a graphic and narrative mapping technique showing the behavior of fire and people in institutional buildings under emergency conditions. A case of a nursing home fire is illustrated. The technique maps the progress of the fire by realms of fire development and the critical events separating these realms. A parallel mapping is included for human behavior covering the behavior episodes and decisions involved. A conceptual framework and analysis of the basic concepts and approaches are included.
Full-color versions of the images in chapters 4 and 5 of Living Library: An Intellectual Ecosyste... more Full-color versions of the images in chapters 4 and 5 of Living Library: An Intellectual Ecosystem available from ALA at http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=11347.
ABSTRACT This paper provides a graphic and narrative mapping technique showing the behavior of fi... more ABSTRACT This paper provides a graphic and narrative mapping technique showing the behavior of fire and people in institutional buildings under emergency conditions. A case of a nursing home fire is illustrated. The technique maps the progress of the fire by realms of fire development and the critical events separating these realms. A parallel mapping is included for human behavior covering the behavior episodes and decisions involved. A conceptual framework and analysis of the basic concepts and approaches are included.
Full-color versions of the images in chapters 4 and 5 of Living Library: An Intellectual Ecosyste... more Full-color versions of the images in chapters 4 and 5 of Living Library: An Intellectual Ecosystem available from ALA at http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=11347.
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