- Author
- Hall, R. C.
- Title
- Justification of a Fire Suppression System for a Road Tunnel.
- Report
- Volume 2,
- Book or Conf
- Interflam 2007. (Interflam '07). International Interflam Conference, 11th Proceedings. Volume 2. September 3-5, 2007, London, England, 1673-1678 p., 2007
- Keywords
- transportation | tunnels | fire suppression | fixed fire protection systems | costs | fire spread | life safety | deluge systems | water mist | compressed air foam | accidents | risks | uncertainity | cost benefit analysis | validation
- Identifiers
- fires in the Mont Blanc, Tauern and Gotthard tunnels in 1999 and 2001; planned A3 Hindhead Tunnel in Surrey, UK; PIARC (World Road Association) C3.3 Road Tunnel Operations committee; 'best guess' estimates of the consequence of tunnel fires; comparison of tunnel fire and traffic accident risks; Whole Life Costs; discounting and GDP growth; benefit cost ratios, based on median (50 percentile) value of benefit