Complacency in fire evacuation from buildings: A technical research report into evacuee complacency, an overlooked component of fire safety management, from the IOSH Fire Risk Management Group

This survey involves 413 participants in a questionnaire survey to determine their experiences and attitudes to complacency in fire situations from their own experiences. The survey details the factors that contribute to complacency in terms of human behaviours and looks into human factors that could be utilised to reduce vulnerability and attitudes to fire which may affects people sense of fear and wellbeing in emergency situations. Aspects of fire risk management and fire safety culture have been considered in their interfaces with complacency to determine which additional factors come into play and how influential factors can be used positively to raise the profile of fire safety awareness to reduce vulnerability and risk.