Unit VIII PowerPoint Presentation

Human Behavior Fire Research Project Develop a PowerPoint presentation on one of the following topics:

 Human behavior/factors for public fire safety educators in your departments. Target Audience: Fire Safety Educators in your department.

 Model behavior for fires at a nursing home. Target Audience: Employees of a nursing home in your jurisdiction.

 Considerations of designing a fire drill for college dormitory residents. Target Audience: Dormitory Resident Assistants for a local college/university in your jurisdiction.

Once you have chosen your topic, your presentation should also incorporate:

 how psychology and sociology factors influence the human behavior within your topic;

 how socioeconomic factors may influence your topic;

 how human behavior affects evacuation and rescue procedures for you topic; and

Use the list of research documents located in Suggested Reading, as well as research documents you find on your own as sources for your presentation. Your PowerPoint presentation:

 Should have at least 10 slides not including a title slide and a reference slide.

 Be creative. Use photos, graphs, etc.

 Must be specific to your department or your jurisdiction.