- Author
- French, S. E.
- Title
- Fire Safety in the Channel Tunnel: An Overview.
- Coporate
- Dennedy and Donkin Transportation
- Book or Conf
- Fires in Tunnels International Conference. Proceedings. October 10-11, 1994, Boras, Sweden, SP Swedish National Testing and Research Institute, Boras,, Ivarson, E., Editor, 253-278 pp, 1994 AND University of Dundee and Independent Technical Conferences Ltd. Safety in Road and Rail Tunnels. International Conference, 2nd (Second). Proceedings. April 3-6, 1995, Granada, Spain, Vardy, A. E., Editor, 369-377 pp, 1995, ['1994', '1995']
- Keywords
- tunnels | safety | fire safety | fire tests | fire research | fire hazards | evaluation | fire prevention | fire detection | fire suppression | evacuation | containment | passenger trains | fire barriers | fire fighting | rescue
- Identifiers
- design development and the demonstration of performance; fire barriers (tunnel compartmentation); identification of fire hazards at an early stage in the design; establish fire safety requirements and translate them into a practical design taking into account the emergency procedures; demonstration of performance during design and upon completion of a prototype