Burning Recollection: Improving Memorability to Support Decision-Making during Fire Evacuations
Cundall collaborates with the SFPE UK Chapter and Ashton Fire
- Date
- 03 April 2025
- Time
- 17:45 - 19:00 BST
- Location
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Cundall Birmingham
15 Colmore Row
Birmingham
B3 2BH
United Kingdom
We are collaborating with the SFPE UK Chapter and Ashton Fire for this CPD Seminar.
Building fires require quick decision-making and action due to their life-threatening nature. While evacuation decision-making has advanced, research on people's past experiences and memory is limited. Memory significantly affects how individuals perceive and respond to information during evacuations.
Dr. Michael Kinsey, Associate Director at Ashton Fire, will review memory theory, including encoding, storing, and retrieving memories, and will discuss memory errors like forgetting and false memories. It will also examine how memory impacts decision-making during fire evacuations and will propose measures to enhance information memorability, aiming to improve training programs and building designs for better safety and response during evacuations.
We look forward to hosting this in our Birmingham office.
