Occupant interactions with self-closing fire doors in private dwellings
Occupant interactions with self-closing fire doors in private dwellings
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私人住宅中居住者与自动关闭防火门的互动
DOI：
10.1016/j.ssci.2010.05.007
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发表时间：
2010
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影响因子：
6.1
通讯作者：
A. Gibb
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文献类型：
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作者：
H. McDermott;R. Haslam;A. Gibb
减少家庭火灾造成的伤亡的预防措施包括在住宅内提供自动关闭的防火门。然而，这种方法依赖于代表占领者的行为反应。这项研究探讨了与自动关闭防火门有关的居住者行为。40个半结构化的访谈进行了个人居住在一个新的家园。在所有装有自动关闭防火门的物业中，居住者报告说，他们干扰了门的自动关闭装置。随后进行了定量调查，以获得频率数据。在大多数有防火门的住宅中，居住者报告说，他们以某种方式将防火门打开，或者从门上拆除自动关闭的机制。这些报告表明，要使防火门成为住宅内的有效安全措施，就需要更加重视鼓励住户采取与防火门有关的安全做法。或者，需要找到其他措施来解决火灾风险。
Prevention measures to reduce deaths and injuries due to domestic fires have included the provision of self-closing fire doors within dwellings. Such an approach however, is reliant on a behavioural response on behalf of the occupier(s). This research examined occupier behaviour in relation to self-closing fire doors. Forty semi-structured interviews were conducted with individuals inhabiting a new home. In all of the properties with self-closing fire doors, the occupants reported interfering with the self-closing mechanism of the doors. A quantitative survey was subsequently undertaken to obtain frequency data. In the majority of dwellings with fire doors occupiers reported propping these open in some way, or removing the self-closing mechanism from the door. The accounts suggest that, for fire doors to be an effective safety measure within dwellings, a greater emphasis needs to be placed on encouraging occupiers to adopt safe practices in relation to fire doors. Alternatively, other measures will need to be found to address the fire risk.