Making Transportation Tunnels Safe and Secure (2006) / Chapter Skim
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, the countermeasure guides (Tables 34 through 41) , and the countermeasure descriptions sheets (Sections 5.4.1 through 5.4.3)
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Remarks 1 Develop a pocket-sized user guide 7.1 3 35 2 Develop a CD containing the report tables 7.2 6 60 3 Collaborate with European research programs 7.3 6 60 4 Evaluate the effects of fire on the tunnel structure 7.4 6 60 5 Evaluate the effectiveness of current tunnel fire detection systems 7.5 12 200 Current research by NFPA 6 Summarize and publish a set of "lessons learned" 7.6 6 60 7 Develop a best practices manual 7.7 12 120 8 Identify changes in operation protocols to enhance safety 7.8 12 120 9 Develop a set of sample emergency response procedures 7.9 12 120 10 Develop a program to conduct a series of interactive owner orientation workshops 7.10 6 120 11 Develop more effective broad-based fire detection systems 7.11 24 200 Work being done by national labs 12 Develop ground improvement retrofitting schemes 7.12 12 150 13 Develop guidelines for vehicle inspections 7.13 9 90 14 Develop design criteria for new tunnels 7.14 12 160 15 Develop a program to encourage development of more effective fire detection systems 7.15 12 120 16 Develop a program to conduct interactive industry feedback workshops 7.16 6 60 17 Develop an interactive electronic version of this report 7.17 18 360 18 Evaluate the effectiveness of current tunnel fire suppression systems 7.18 18 200 19 Identify retrofit technologies to enhance safety 7.19 6 60 20 Develop a program to encourage development of more effective fire suppression systems 7.20 12 120 21 Develop a tunnel-specific inspection manual 7.21 12 120 22 Develop advanced coordinated control schemes for ventilation systems 7.22 12 120 23 Build test tunnels or models 7.23 48 2,000+ 24 Conduct structural blast damage potential analyses 7.24 12 200 25 Develop intelligent egress systems 7.25 24 400 26 Research issues identified by case studies 7.26 0 0 See Rank Item #6 Table 73. Future potential research issues.
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, and the ITA. The purpose of these workshops would be to provide tunnel owners and operators with the opportunity to understand the rationale behind this report and the report's potential impacts on their particular tunnels.
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As discussed in Chapter 2, the introduction of C/B/R agents into the tunnel environment has become a very dangerous threat. Therefore, researchers could develop more effective systems that can detect and identify various gases and liquids.
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26] contains five parts addressing the key elements of tunnel fire life safety: Part I: Real Tunnel Fires, Part II: Prevention and Protection, Part III: Tunnel Fire Dynamics, Part IV: Fire Safety Management and Human Factors, and Part V: Emergency Procedures.
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, the countermeasure guides (Tables 34 through 41) , and the countermeasure descriptions (Sections 5.4.1 through 5.4.3)
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These case studies could be researched further to obtain more specific information, especially in regard to the role that life safety systems played during the incident (see Table 5)
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