Fires and Human Behaviour

Second Edition

David Canter

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9781032784687
• eBook ISBN: 9781040052365
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Applied Psychology
• Index: Psychology

This second edition of Fires and Human Behaviour was originally published in 1990 and since the first edition in 1980 there continued to be considerable loss of life in small and large fires throughout the world. The most significant of these from a behavioural point of view was the Kings Cross underground station in 1988. This was a relatively small fire caused by inappropriate human actions.

What appeared to remain timeless and of value ten years after the first edition was published were the details of what actually happens in fires and the psychological models that emerged from studying those details. This second edition was therefore edited to keep the original detailed case studies and to add information about some major incidents that had occurred since 1980.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Dedication
• Original Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Foreword to Second Edition
• Foreword to First Edition
• 1 Studying the Experience of Fires
• 2 Behavioural Aspects of the King's Cross Disaster
• 3 Psychological Aspects of Firesetting
• 4 Playing with Matches: Children and Fires
• 5 The Concept of Panic
• 6 A Survey of Behaviour in Fires
• 7 Fat Fires: A Domestic Hazard
• 8 Domestic, Multiple Occupancy and Hospital Fires
• 9 Human Behaviour in Fires in Total Institutions
• 10 Fires in Nursing Facilities
• 11 A Model of Behaviour in Fires Applied in a Nursing Home Fire
• 12 An Overview of Human Behaviour in Fires
• 13 Informing, Educating and Training to Avoid Disasters
• 14 Experiencing Fires
• Index