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.
What appeared to remain timeless and of value ten years after the first edition was published were the details of what actually happens in fires and the psychological models that emerged from studying those details. This second edition was therefore edited to keep the original detailed case studies and to add information about some major incidents that had occurred since 1980.
This 2nd edition was first published in 1990 and since the original 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 King's Cross tube station in 1988. This was a small fire caused by inappropriate human actions.
Foreword to Second Edition. Foreword to First Edition.
1. Studying the
Experience of Fires David Canter
2. Behavioural Aspects of the Kings 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.
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