Exam CFPS Topic 3 Question 7 Discussion

Participant Population Awareness of the Fire.
The stimulus which first indicated to the participant the occurrence of the fire incident is recorded in Table XXXIV) It should be noted there were thirteen varied stimuli which tended to alert the participants as the fire incident. The most prevalent means of awareness of the fire incident, was the odor of the smoke produced by the fire incident. However, it should be noted the second most frequent means of awareness was the act of being notified by other participants of the fire incident. However, when this item of notification by others is combined with the fourth most frequent stimulus of being notified by a family member, the procedure of being notified by another person become the most prevalent means of becoming aware of the fire incident for 224 members of the participant population which was approximately 39 percent of this population. It should be noted under the third most frequent stimulus of noise, that 42 individuals were alerted by the noise of fire alarm signals or bells within the building, and the noise of other occupants moving in hallways or stairways was also mentioned frequently.
Relative to Table XXXIV, it appears the alerting actions of other individuals upon the discovery of a fire incident may be a very important mechanism. The physical variable related to the occurrence of a fire incident consisting of the odor of the smoke. The sing of the smoke or the flame, and the sensing of the heat, accounted for the initial awareness.