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Social and Behavioral Sciences

Technological University Dublin

2003

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A Fire Risk Assessment Technique For Educational Establishments, Victor Hrymak, Noel O'Reilly Mar 2003

A Fire Risk Assessment Technique For Educational Establishments, Victor Hrymak, Noel O'Reilly

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It is now widely considered as good practice to include fire risk assessment techniques when developing a fire risk management system. However there is little guidance as to how to evaluate the influence of organisational culture and human behaviour on the resultant level of fire safety. Since most accidents are caused by the failure of management systems, quantified risk assessment must take into account local safety management practices, or else it will not provide reliable information”.

This study tries to address this issue by developing a new fire risk assessment technique for assessing the fire safety management system of …


Keeping The Place: Methodology For Culture-Specific Design Related To The Changing Form Of Housing Compounds In Tanzania., Shannon Chance, Livin H. Mosha Jan 2003

Keeping The Place: Methodology For Culture-Specific Design Related To The Changing Form Of Housing Compounds In Tanzania., Shannon Chance, Livin H. Mosha

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