Safety and Reliability of Fire Detection Systems in Road Tunnels

Published: 19 April, 2010

Although automatic fire detection is used in road tunnels since the late sixties, the subject has been of growing importance since the big tunnel fires in 1999 / 2001. Besides introduction of new detection technologies, safety and reliability of these systems is an important issue. On one side early detection versus fault alarm rate has to be considered. On the other hand automatic detection versus control room decision is a subject. And another question is how much redundancy can be put into the budget? This paper gives an overview on actual tunnel fire detection systems including their safety and reliability features.

File: 562-565_Safety and Reliability.pdf (907k)

Bookmark this

Going underground
Industrial Fire Journal's Editor reports on a one-day seminar on the benefits of a systematic approach to fire safety on underground railways, as organised by London Underground, October 2011.
Handbook of Tunnel Fire Safety Second edition has been published
Edited by Alan Beard and Richard Carvel, the Handbook of Tunnel Fire Safety, Second edition, is the first book to span the spectrum of state-of-the-art knowledge in tunnel fire safety science and engineering.
The German Fire Protection Association’s latest publication evaluates the history of fire in 70 countries
Humanity and Fires by Prof Dr NN Bruschlinsky, Prof Dr SV Sokolov and Dr Ing P Wagner is available for 25 euros (plus post and packaging).
Safety information gap 'of particular concern'
AVEVA, a leader in engineering design and information management solutions, has published a report highlighting the safety information gap in industry.
Nine billion litres of water wasted fighting fires in UK businesses, reveals new report

The installation of fire protection sprinklers in commercial and industrial buildings would save England and Wales the equivalent of five times’ the entire annual bottled-water consumption for the UK.

Sign Up

For the latest news and updates from Hemmingfire.

Company Profiles

Angus Fire – global innovation in fire fighting

Angus Fire is a global leader in fire fighting technology with a long history of pioneering innovation. The company occupies a unique world position in the development and manufacture of fire hose, foam concentrates and fire fighting equipment.

Holmatro - Mastering Power

Holmatro Rescue Equipment develops, manufactures, sells and services high-pressure hydraulic, pneumatic and mechanical rescue equipment. With a comprehensive dealer network on all continents, manufacturing plants in the Netherlands (head office) and USA, and sales offices in China and UK, we supply our products and services to fire and rescue organizations all over the world.

Dr Sthamer - Hamburg: foam fights fire

Dr Sthamer – Hamburg, has been developing and manufacturing state-of-the art firefighting foams since the 1920’s. Having been founded in 1886 by Dr Richard Sthamer, we are still proudly owned and managed by the Sthamer family. Our base is still at the original site where we started in, on the banks of the Bille River in Hamburg Germany.