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Author
Chien, S. W. | Shih, B. J. | Ke, S. S. | Shen, T. S. | Hsieh, H. R.
Title
Study on Fire Safety Design and Developing Trends of Taiwan's Road Tunnel Based on Safety Management for the Hsuehshan Tunnel.
Coporate
Central Police Univ., Taoyuan County, Taiwan National Taipei University of Technology Taipei, Taipei County, Taiwan National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction, Taipei County, Taiwan
Book or Conf
Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods, 7th International Conference. Sky is the Limit. Proceedings and Case Studies. April 16-18, 2008, Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Bethesda, MD, Auckland, New Zealand, 263-275 p., 2008
Keywords
performance based codes | fire safety | safety engineering | regulations | tunnels | highways | management systems | emergencies | rescue | scenarios | buses | evacuation | response time | water | fire fighting | refuge | escape means | exit signs | visibility | education | fire drills | fire spread
Identifiers
Hsuehshan Tunnel connecting Taipei area to Ilan county is about 12.9 km; UPTUN project, reports of PIARC; fire spread during traffic congestion; emergency response; tunnel protection - water based fire fighting systems; users' evacuation - escape route signs; upgrade the capacity of the emergency response and rescue; heighten the visibility of the refuge signs; installation of the water based fire fighting systems; revise traffic restrictions on large-sized vehicles driving