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    Fire emergencies and people (2008)

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    http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2013
    
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    University of Canterbury. Civil and Natural Resources Engineering.
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    0110-7801
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    Authors
    Spearpoint, M.J.
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    Abstract

    How we behave in a fire can be due to many factors such as familiarity with the building and its alarm systems as Michael Spearpoint from the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering at the University of Canterbury explains.

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    Spearpoint, M.J. (2008) Fire emergencies and people. New Zealand Science Teacher, 117, pp. 16-17.
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    https://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651

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