- Author
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Chien, S. W.
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Shih, B. J.
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Ke, S. S.
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Shen, T. S.
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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
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performance based codes
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fire safety
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safety engineering
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regulations
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tunnels
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highways
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management systems
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emergencies
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rescue
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scenarios
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buses
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evacuation
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response time
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water
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fire fighting
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refuge
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escape means
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exit signs
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visibility
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education
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fire drills
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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