Helsloot, I. [Promotor]Vries, B. de [Copromotor

Kobes, M.

Full text contains chapter 5,6,8 and 9, the other chapters are under embargo. The primary aim of the project is the validation of a behavioural assessment and research tool. The tool is a serious game that makes use of an interactive, real-time, physics-based virtual environment with realistic 3D visuals and audio. Since in virtual environment test persons can be faced with the phenomenon fire in a safe way, without being exposed to the extreme health risk of a real fire, the use of serious gaming is likely to be a valuable supplement on the existing research methods. Currently, aspects like clue validation and way finding performance during evacuation are found to affect the probability of survival in case of fire substantially. More interesting to know is which clues trigger the best fire response performance and how these clues affect way finding performance during evacuation. It is expected that the behavioural assessment and research tool will generate the information that fire safety engineers and architects have need of for the design of a fire safe building that corresponds to the actual human behaviour in fires

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VU Research PortalUnderstanding human behaviour in fireKobes, M.2010document versionPublisher's PDF, also known as Version of recordLink to publication in VU Research Portalcitation for published version (APA)Kobes, M. (2010). Understanding human behaviour in fire: Validation of the Use of Serious Gaming for Researchinto Fire Safety Psychonomics. VU University Amsterdam.General rightsCopyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright ownersand it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.            • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research.            • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain            • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal ?Take down policyIf you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediatelyand investigate your claim.E-mail address:vuresearchportal.ub@vu.nlDownload date: 23. May. 2021UnderstandingHuman Behaviourin FireValidation of the Use of Serious Gaming for Research into Fire Safety PsychonomicsM. KobesTo provide policy measures for a safe escape in the event of a fire, clear and extensive knowledge about human behaviour in fire is essential. This implies a need for further knowledge of the interaction between surrounding factors (fire situation, building design, social factors) and occupants’ fire response performance (FRP). A new research method has been developed to obtain the required insight into human behaviour in fire evacuation. The new research method consists of an analysis model (FRP model) and a virtual environment, the serious game ADMS-BART: the Behavioural Assessment and Research Tool (BART) in the Advanced Disaster Management Simulator(ADMS). In this publication an introduction of the new research method is presented, as well as the results of the validation of the use of ADMS-BART as a research tool. Furthermore, an overview of existing literature on human behaviour is given. In addition, new findings on fire safety psychonomics are presented. The new findings are gained from a case study (football stadium fire, 2008) and from an experimental study in a real hotel, as well as in a virtual replica of the hotel. The studies were focussed on the influence of human factors, building factors and fire factors on fire response performance, and on the wayfinding performance in particular.  M. Kobes         UnderstandingHumanBehaviourin Fire

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Understanding
Human Behaviour
in Fire
Validation of the Use of Serious Gaming 
for Research into Fire Safety Psychonomics
M. Kobes
To provide policy measures for a safe 
escape in the event of a fire, clear and 
extensive knowledge about human 
behaviour in fire is essential. This implies a 
need for further knowledge of the 
interaction between surrounding factors 
(fire situation, building design, social 
factors) and occupants’ fire response 
performance (FRP). A new research method 
has been developed to obtain the required 
insight into human behaviour in fire 
evacuation. The new research method 
consists of an analysis model (FRP model) 
and a virtual environment, the serious 
game ADMS-BART: the Behavioural 
Assessment and Research Tool (BART) in the 
Advanced Disaster Management Simulator
(ADMS). 
In this publication an introduction of the 
new research method is presented, as well 
as the results of the validation of the use of 
ADMS-BART as a research tool. 
Furthermore, an overview of existing 
literature on human behaviour is given. In 
addition, new findings on fire safety 
psychonomics are presented. The new 
findings are gained from a case study 
(football stadium fire, 2008) and from an 
experimental study in a real hotel, as well 
as in a virtual replica of the hotel. The 
studies were focussed on the influence of 
human factors, building factors and fire 
factors on fire response performance, and 
on the wayfinding performance in 
particular.  
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