- Author
- Almand, K. | Liu, Z. G. | Kashef, A.
- Title
- North American Road Tunnel Fire Detection Research Project.
- Coporate
- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Report
- NRCC-48665,
- Book or Conf
- Tunnel Safety and Security, 2nd International Symposium. Proceedings. March 15-17, 2006, Madrid, Spain, 1-9 p., 2006
- Keywords
- tunnels | highways | fire detection | fire research | fire detection systems | transportation | statistics | smoke detection | standards | specifications | fire tests | design applications | scenarios | computational fluid dyanmics | fire growth | smoke movement | field tests | NFPA 502
- Identifiers
- federal highway administration asset management report; National Fire Protection Association (NFPA); American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO); Fire Protection Research Foundation; current available tunnel fire detection technologies
- Abstract
- A study to investigate the performance of fire detection systems in roadway tunnels was initiated by the Fire Protection Research Foundation in 1999. A Technical Advisory Group consisting of fire and transportation officials, engineering firms, researchers, and system manufacturers was formed to oversee the project, whose overall goals are: (*) Investigate the performance attributes of current fire detection technologies for roadway tunnel protection; (*) Develop performance criteria for fire and smoke detection systems in roadway tunnel applications; (*) Help optimize the technical specifications and installation requirements for this application. The paper will present a summary of the first phase literature study, a progress report on the second phase of the research program, and an update on roadway tunnel research and standards development activities in North America.