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SFPE Guide to Human Behavior in Fire

Presented by Daniel O’Connor, PE, FSFPE, Vice-President, JENSEN HUGHES

An overview of the 2nd Edition of the Guide to Human Behavior in Fire will be presented. The goal of this expanded 2nd Edition of the Guide is to provide a common introduction to this field for the broad fire safety community: fire protection engineers, design professionals, and code authorities. The public and users of the guide will benefit from a consistent understanding of the factors that influence the responses and behaviors of people when threatened by fire and the application of reliable methodologies to evaluate and estimate human response in buildings and structures. The presentation will review changes from the First Edition of the SFPE human Behavior Guide and review the nature of the new 2nd Edition content for subjects as occupant behavioral scenarios, toxicity assessment, visibility-in-smoke guidance, emergency management of building occupants, emergency notification/messaging; and, egress model selection, validation and verification.