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Influence of Activated Fixed Fire-Fighting Systems on User Behaviour during Self-Evacuation

An important objective of safety measures in road tunnels is to ensure that tunnel users are able to self-rescue in the case of an incident. The influence of fixed fire-fighting systems (FFFS) on the success of self-evacuation of tunnel users has been investigated in a virtual reality (VR) situation and in real tests to establish their effect on the tunnel users' evacuation behaviour.

  • Information sheet

    • Date: 2018
    • Author(s): KAUNDINYA Ingo / LEHAN Anne / MUEHMBERGER Andreas
    • Domain(s): Road Tunnel Operations
    • PIARC Ref.: RR378-041
    • Number of pages: 6

  • This article has been published in the Routes/Roads magazine

    N° 378

    3e trimestre 2018 / Octobre

    Tunnels routiers