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The incident frequencies for other tunnel lengths or for a different number of hazardous material tank truck crossings may be calculated in a similar manner.
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11 This study demonstrates the risk of tanker truck and heavy goods vehicle (HGV) accidents in road tunnels.
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12 Europeans are providing extensive research, resulting in innovative design and emergency management plans that consider how people react in tunnel emergencies. Because motorist behavior is unpredictable in tunnel incidents, Europeans provide instructions for drivers, passengers, and tunnel operators as straightforward as possible to reduce required decision making during an incident, such as a tunnel fire.
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2. Recommendations on the design fire scenarios (report)
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and the goal was to develop a simulator that helps train fire fighters in the efficient mitigation of tunnel fires, using a computer-generated virtual environment. This is a low-cost and environmentally friendly alternative to real fire fighting exercises that involve burning fuel in a disused tunnel.
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studied safety and security in enclosed underground spaces of high importance for tunnel fires, terror attacks in metros, and so forth from March 2005 to May 2008 (17)
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. SUMMARY There are a number of recently completed and on-going projects on tunnel safety and design for tunnel fires in the United States and Europe.
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