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Citation

Bryan JL. Fire Safety J. 1983; 5(3-4): 233-240.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

A 28 item, 4 page questionaire was mailed to 1,960 persons, who were registered guests at the MGM Grand Hotel at the time of the fire on November 21, 1980. Responses were received from 554 guests, approximately 28.3 percent of the questionnaire population. The information presented in this report consists of a selected presentation of the data contained in the complete study report published by the National Fire Protection Association entitled: "An Examination and Analysis of the Dynamics of the Human Behavior in the MGM Grand Hotel Fire, Clark Country, Nevada November 21, 1980".

The study presents the questionnaire data in relation to the following: guests' characters and behavior; the cultural and social relationships between guests; the guests' means of becoming aware of the fire, and the time of their fire awareness; the first five actions of the guests following their recognition of the fire incident; the guests' location in the hotel and their use of the hotel stairs; the means of evacuation of the guests, the obstructions to evacuation and the type of assistance provided in their evacuation; the time interval of the evacuation delay and the actions of the guests while waiting in rooms. In addition, the means by which smoke migrated into the rooms as reported by the guests was tabulated.



The actions of the guests appeared to indicate the occurrence of convergence clusters among those unable to evacuate immediately, and predominantly altruistic and cooperative behavior among the guests.



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