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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2016.17.5.516

The study on the operation of fire fighting vehicle for a long railway tunnel  

Kwon, Tae-Soon (Railroad Safety Research Division, Korea Railroad Research Institute)
Park, Won-Hee (Railroad Safety Research Division, Korea Railroad Research Institute)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.17, no.5, 2016 , pp. 516-521 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we investigated the operation of railroad fire fighting vehicles against fires on trains in a long railway tunnel. In recent years, long railway tunnels (more than 10 km in length) have been built and the number of such tunnels, such as the Geumjeong tunnel (20.3 km in length) on the Gyeongbu high speed line, Solan tunnel (16.7 km in length) on the Yeongdong line and Yulhyeon tunnel (50.3 km in length) on the Suseo high speed line which is scheduled to be opened in the second half of 2016, is increasing. Significant damage is to be expected, due to the increased evacuation time and limited accessibility of fire services when the train is stopped by an urgent fire in the tunnel. Special fire fighting vehicles capable of running on rails have been developed and operated in overseas advanced countries. Therefore, a fire-response system using Unimog vehicles, which can run on road and rail, instead of road vehicles, is necessary. The characteristics of the railway tunnel and thermal environmental change caused by a train fire in a tunnel were analyzed in this study. Also, the operational requirements of the railroad fire fighting vehicles were evaluated by taking into account the specifications of the railroad fire fighting vehicles under development.
Keywords
fire fighting vehicle; long railway tunnel; fire accident; vehicle operation; rescue;
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