<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Safetylit: Egress, Escape, Evacuation, Crowds</title><link>http://www.safetylit.org/</link><description>Welcome to SafetyLit, the online source for recent research about injury prevention.</description><item><title>Fire evacuation in underground transportation systems: a review of accidents and empirical research - Fridolf K, Nilsson D, Frantzich H. </title><category>Egress, Escape, Evacuation, Crowds</category><link>http://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&amp;citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_399698_35</link><description>Previous fire accidents have shown that fires in underground transportation systems, e.g., tunnels and underground stations, can cause many fatalities. It is therefore important in fire safety design to give adequate consideration to all aspects related to...</description></item><item><title>In the eye of the storm or the bullseye of the media: Social media use during Hurricane Sandy as a predictor of post-traumatic stress - Goodwin R, Palgi Y, Hamama-Raz Y, Ben-Ezra M. </title><category>Egress, Escape, Evacuation, Crowds</category><link>http://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&amp;citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_399773_35</link><description>[Abstract unavailable]
Language: Eng...</description></item><item><title>Structural response of steel high rise buildings to fire: system characteristics and failure mechanisms - Gentili F, Giuliani L, Bontempi F. </title><category>Egress, Escape, Evacuation, Crowds</category><link>http://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&amp;citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_399721_35</link><description>Due to the significant vertical elevation and complexity of the structural system, high rise buildings may suffer from the effects of fire more than other structures. For this reason, in addition to evacuation strategies and active fire protection, a caref...</description></item><item><title>Target choice during extreme events: a discrete spatial choice model of the 2011 London riots - Baudains P, Braithwaite A, Johnson SD. </title><category>Egress, Escape, Evacuation, Crowds</category><link>http://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&amp;citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_399723_35</link><description>Riots are extreme events, and much of the early research on rioting suggested that the decision making of rioters was far from rational and could only be understood from the perspective of a collective mind. In the current study, we derive and test a set o...</description></item></channel> </rss>