Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0231059

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0231059

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Reducing fire deaths - a new approach to smoke alarms. Disturbingly, those most at risk of dying in residential fires are also least likely to awaken to the current smoke alarm signal, now mandatory in Australian residences. This project will develop a new alarm (using Gibsonian, naturalistic sounds and/or a voice signal) and compare its waking efficacy with the current smoke alarm. Testing will involve three vulnerable groups; sleep deprived young adults, children and alcohol intoxicated. The research is innovative with important implications for community public safety, the national and international smoke alarm industry, performance based models of building safety and our theoretical understanding of cognitive processing during sleep.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-2002

End Date: 12-2007

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $67,635.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Psychology | Sensory Processes, Perception And Performance | Psychology Not Elsewhere Classified |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Public health not elsewhere classified | Housing

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