- 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