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Don't Panic: The Psychology of Emergency Egress and Ingress »

Authors: Jerome M. Chertkoff, Russell H. Kushigian
ISBN-13: 9780275962685, ISBN-10: 0275962687
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: June 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)

JEROME M. CHERTKOFF is Professor of Psychology at Indiana University.

RUSSELL H. KUSHIGIAN is a consultant specializing in emergency preparedness.

A comparative analysis of some of the worst exiting and entering disasters in U.S. history with cases of successful emergency escape.

	Illustrations
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	Introduction	1
Ch. 2	Theories of Emergency Egress and Ingress	7
	Point: Case Histories of Failures	17
Ch. 3	Iroquois Theatre Fire, December 30, 1903	19
Ch. 4	Cocoanut Grove Night Club Fire, November 28, 1942	33
Ch. 5	Hartford Circus Fire, July 6, 1944	47
Ch. 6	Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire, May 28, 1977	57
Ch. 7	The Who Concert Stampede, December 3, 1979	79
	Counterpoint: Case Histories of Successes	85
Ch. 8	Trans World Airlines Jet Crash, July 30, 1992	87
Ch. 9	World Trade Center Bombing, February 26, 1993	91
Ch. 10	Conclusions from Case Histories	99
Ch. 11	Prescriptions for Success	123
	References	131
	Annotated Bibliography	135
	Index	141