Waking effectiveness of alarm (auditory, visual and tactile) for adults who are hard of hearing
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Bruck, Dorothy and Thomas, Ian (2007) Waking effectiveness of alarm (auditory, visual and tactile) for adults who are hard of hearing. Project Report. The Fire Protection Research Foundation, Australia.
Abstract
The study's aim is to optimize performance requirements for alarm and signaling systems to meet the needs of high risk groups. Elements of the study included: a risk assessment to estimate the potential impact in lives saved of changes in notification effectiveness of smoke alarms for these groups.
| Item type | Monograph (Project Report) |
| URI | https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/682 |
| Official URL | http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files//PDF/Research/har... |
| Subjects | Historical > RFCD Classification > 290000 Engineering and Technology Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > Centre for Environmental Safety and Risk Engineering (CESARE) Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > School of Social Sciences and Psychology Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > School of Engineering and Science Historical > RFCD Classification > 370000 Studies in Human Society |
| Keywords | emergency alarms, signaling systems, risk assessment, high risk groups |
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