The effects of cultural differences between the us and saudi arabia on emergency evacuation—Analysis of self reported recogntion/reaction times and cognitive state

Majed Almejmaj , Jeanine LM Skorinko , Brian J. Meacham
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Abstract

Engineers rely on studies that publish building evacuation data from various occupancies when conducting an egress analysis; this usually includes the people’s pre-movement and movement times. However, much of the available data was collected in Western cultures, such as the U.S., which brings into question their validity to other non-Western cultures, such as Saudi Arabia. This study examines how cultural differences between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia can affect occupants’ self-reported recognition/reaction times, and the cognitive state of occupants during a fire drill. The results of this research indicate that the U.S. populations are more likely to recognize and react to a fire alarm faster than the Saudi populations during a fire drill.

美国和沙特阿拉伯文化差异对紧急疏散的影响——自我报告的识别/反应时间和认知状态分析
工程师在进行出口分析时,依赖于公布各种占用的建筑物疏散数据的研究;这通常包括人们的运动前和运动时间。然而,大部分可用的数据都是在西方文化中收集的,比如美国,这就给其他非西方文化(比如沙特阿拉伯)的有效性带来了疑问。本研究考察了美国和沙特阿拉伯之间的文化差异如何影响居住者自我报告的识别/反应时间,以及在消防演习中居住者的认知状态。这项研究的结果表明,在消防演习中,美国人比沙特人更容易识别并对火灾警报做出反应。
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