- Author
- deVries, H.
- Title
- Mining for Answers.
- Coporate
- University of Wuppertal, Germany
- Journal
- Fire Chief, Vol. 46, No. 1, 45-47, January 2002
- Keywords
- tunnels | standards | effectiveness | fire fighting | smoke spread | fire load | fire fighting equipment | rescue operations | temperature | humidity | ventilation | sprinkler systems | water mist | water supply | foam extinguishing systems
- Identifiers
- suppression standards and equipment effectiveness in fighting fires in confined and underground spaces; smoke spread velocities; breathing air, oxygen demand versus workload; theoretical duration of BA (minutes); safety installations for tunnels; advance times and speeds of attack teams; BA times given ambient temperature and humidity (minutes)