Tunnel Safety & Security - istss

Tunnel Safety & Security
4 th International Symposium
17-19 March 2010 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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ISTSS began in Sweden in 2003 as the International Symposium on Catastrophic
Tunnel Fires. Interest for the first Symposium clearly identified the
need for a conference dealing with safety and security issues related to
tunnels. In response to overwhelming interest, the scope of the Symposium
was broadened and the event was renamed the International Symposium of
Tunnel Safety and Security (ISTSS). The 1st ISTSS was held in Washington, DC,
in 2004 and has continued biennially since then attracting more than 250 delegates
each meeting. At SP, we are proud to have established this prestigious
event in collaboration with our event partners.
4 th ISTSS in Frankfurt, Germany
Tunnels are an increasingly important part of the infrastructure
network. They create challenges for incident
prevention and management, fire protection and security
against attacks or sabotage. This Symposium offers an
excellent opportunity for experts working with transport,
infrastructure security systems, manufacturers and
technical organisations to exchange their experience in
an international forum.
Frankfurt
The city of Frankfurt am Main is located in the heart of
Europe. The urban area covers a surface of 248 km²
(95 mi²). The city’s original population ranges around
655.000 people. In addition to that, more than 360.000
commuters enter the city every day, so that in day times
there are more than 1.000.000 people in town. This is the
largest number of commuters a city has in Germany.
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SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden
SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden develops and
disseminates technology to assist the development and
competitiveness of industry, to improve safety in society, to
support sustainable development and to help protect the
environment.
www.istss.se

Gold sponsors
AP Sensing is your global solution provider in the special hazard fire detection market. AP
Sensing inherits more than 20 years of OTDR (Optical Time Domain Reflectometry) expertise
from Agilent Technologies (former Hewlett Packard). AP Sensing’s unique “Linear Heat Series”
– a fiber optic linear heat detection system - perfectly suits today’s safety demands and
safes money whenever it comes to fire protection in large–sized, hazardous environments
like road & rail tunnels, conveyor belts, cable trays, production facilities etc. (Stand 1.14).
VID Fire-Kill is a leading developer and manufacture of low pressure watermist systems. VID
Fire-Kill offers a technical simple low maintenance automatic tunnel fire protection system.
The system includes double knock fire detection with addressable fire alarms, as well as an
automatic active fire fighting in tunnels. The system operates with 10 bar water pressures
and employs common available components, pumps, valves and stainless steel AISI 316L pipe
systems. The system is delivered in modules which are assembled and factory tested, for simple
and fast installation and commission in the tunnels. The system has been full scale tested
in tunnel fires of up to 100 MW, involving diesel oil and solid fuels. For more information see
our website on www.vid.eu (Stand 1.2).
Silver sponsors
Thermal Ceramics provide high-performance fire insulation solutions for tunnel structures.
Our products are installed in major tunnels in Europe and elsewhere to provide fire protection
to the main structure, escape ways, refuges, ventilation shafts and cable systems. We
offer comprehensively fire tested solutions that are proven in service to be both practical and
reliable. (Stand 2.7).
One Seven® is the highly efficient fire extinguishing technology. With the unique combination
of One Seven® foam, water and compressed air, one drop of water expands to seven
foam bubbles – homogenous and reproducible. The result: innovative fire fighting by strong
cooling, high velocity, deep penetration and minimal volume of water. Trusted by governments
with our expertise in tunnel fire prevention we are able to fulfil your needs and to exceed
your expectations. (Stand 2.14).
Bronze sponsors
TROX develops sophisticated components and systems for room air conditioning, as well as
fire and smoke protection. TROX is an owner-run, globally active company. The company’s
competence in fire and smoke protection technology is unique offering tested safety and
highest quality standards. With 25 subsidiary companies in 22 countries and 14 production
sites in 12 countries, the company has efficient, customeroriented manufacturing capacities
that guarantee reliability, timely delivery, even in case of large-scale projects spanning several
years. www.troxtechnik.com. (Stand 2.3).
MEYCO Global Underground Construction, part of BASF Construction Chemicals, is a leading
supplier offering world-wide customized solutions through its unique blend of innovative
product technology, specialized equipment and engineering knowledge. Our international
tunnelling specialists are working closely with contractors and design engineers to permit
the seamless transfer of our latest MEYCO® Fireshield technology, a passive fire protection
mortar: proven in many projects to be safely, cost and time effectively. (Stand 2.11).
TUNNEL SAFETY TESTING, S.A (TST) is a Spanish company, that operates the facilities of the
Test center of "San Pedro de Anes". Real scale Fire and ventilation tests and training courses
for fire brigades, operators of the tunnel control room and bus drivers are the main activities
developed inside the experimental tunnel. TST has also an accredited laboratory that allows
the test of fans up to 1000 kW according to the Standard EN12101-3. (Stand 2.4).
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17 March 2010
08:00 Registration, coffee and pastries
09:00 Opening ceremony
Keynote Session
Chair:
Haukur Ingason, SP, Sweden
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
09:30 Issues in securing the downtown seattle transit tunnel
from unauthorized intrusion during joint bus/
light rail operation
Kenneth Cummins, Sound Transit, Seattle, WA, USA
10:00 Explosive threats and target hardening, Understanding
explosive forces, it’s impact on infrastructure
and the human body
Jeffrey A. Slotnick, Setracon Inc., Tahoma, WA, USA
10:30 Coffee break
RISK
Chair:
Håkan Frantzich, Lund University, Sweden
11:00 Regulations and risk analysis methods for bi-national
road tunnels: application of a combined scenariobased
and system-based method for the Grand Saint
Bernard tunnel
Raphaël Defert, BG Bonnard & Gardel Ingénieurs
Conseils SA, Switzerland, Luc Darbellay, TGSB S.A.,
Switzerland, laudio Real, SITRASB S.p.A., Italy, Yves
Trottet, BG Bonnard & Gardel Ingénieurs Conseils SA,
Switzerland
11:20 Risk assessment of transport of dangerous goods in
Austrian road tunnels
Florian Diernhofer and Bernhard Kohl, ILF Consulting
Engineers, Linz, Austria, Rudolf Hörhan, Austrian
Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology,
Wien, Austria
11:40 Evaluation of railway tunnels safety for operation
involving trains carrying dangerous goods – Fire
hazard and risk assessment implemented with
probabilistic methods
Marco Cigolini, RFI, Rome, Italy
12:00 Application of a system-based and a scenario-based
risk analysis to the Driskos tunnel Reflections about
accuracy of collected data and uncertainties of risk
analysis methods
Raphaël Defert, BG Bonnard & Gardel Ingénieurs
Conseils, France, Ioannis Rentzeperis, Egnatia
Odos, Greece, Konstantinos Koutsoukos, Egnatia
Odos, Greece, Philippe Pons, BG Bonnard & Gardel
Ingénieurs Conseils, France, Didier Lacroix, CETU,
France
12:20 Lunch and Exhibits
RISK & SECURITY
Chair:
Alfred Haack, STUVA, Germany
14:00 HGV traffic – Consequences in case of a tunnel fire
Jimmy Jönsson and Felipe Herrera, Arup Fire, Madrid,
Spain
14:20 A study of fire safety assessment for road tunnel
in Taiwan
Shen-Wen Chien, National Science and Technology
Center for Disaster Reduction, Taiwan, Yee-Ping
Lee, Nanya Institute of Technology, Taiwan, Guan-
Yuan Wu, Central Police University, Taiwan, Huei-
Ru Sie, National Science and Technology Center for
Disaster Reduction, Taiwan
14:40 Experimental determination of BLEVE-risk near
very large fires in a tunnel with a sprinkler/water
mist system
Tony Lemaire and Victor Meeussen, Efectis NL ,
Rijswijk, The Netherlands
15:00 iNTeg-Risk ERRA A5: Safety and security of underground
hubs
Maximilian Wietek and Volker Wetzig, VSH Hagerbach
Test Gallery Ltd, Switzerland
15:20 Physical modeling of explosive effects on tunnels.
Anirban De, Manhattan College, Bronx, New York,
U.S.A., Thomas F. Zimmie, Tarek Abdoun and Anthony
Tessari, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy,
New York, USA
15:40 An analysis of the consequences from an explosion
in a road tunnel with concrete walls and roof
Rickard Forsén and Anders Bryntse, FOI Swedish
Defence Research Agency, Defence and Security
Systems and Technology, Tumba, Sweden
16:00 Coffee break
HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
Chair: Arnold Dix, University of Western Sydney,
Australia
16:20 Evacuation in complex environments - An analysis
of evacuation conditions at a tunnel construction
site
Håkan Frantzich and Daniel Nilsson, Lund University,
Sweden
16:40 Recent research results on human factors and
organizational aspects for road tunnels
Marc Tesson, Tunnel study centre, CETU, France
17:00 Emergency scenarios for tunnels and underground
stations in public transport
Alfred Haack, STUVA Inc., Cologne, Germany, Joerg
Schreyer, STUVAtec GmbH, Cologne, Germany
17:20 Cocktail reception and poster session
19:00 Close day 1
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18 March 2010
08:00 Registration, coffee and pastries
Keynote Session
Chair:
Jens Stiegel, Frankfurt am Main Fire and Rescue
Services, Germany
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
08:30 New energy carriers in tunnels
Anders Lönnermark, SP Technical Research Institute
of Sweden, Borås, Sweden
09:00 Active fire protection in tunnels
Alan Brinson, European Fire Sprinkler Network,
London, UK
PASSIVE FIRE PROTECTION & CONSTRUCTION
Chair: Don Bliss, NI2 Center for Infrastructure Expertise,
USA
09:30 Emerging problem for immersed tunnels: fire induced
concrete cracking
Leander.M. Noordijk, P.G. Scholten, A.J. Breunese
and C.Both, Efectis Nederland, Rijswijk, The Netherlands
09:50 Fire protection options for concrete tunnel linings
Frank Clement, MEYCO Global Underground Construction,
Division of BASF Construction Chemicals,
Switzerland
10:10 Fire protection of concrete structures exposed to
fast fires
Pierre Pimienta, CSTB, Octavian Anton, PRTC
N.V, Belgium, Jean-Christophe Mindeguia, CSTB,
Romuald Avenel, CSTB, France, Heidi Cuypers PRTC
N.V., Belgium, Eric Cesmat, CSTB, France
10:30 An effective pool fire mitigation concept
Dave van Vliet, Jos Wessels, Willy Peelen and Gert-
Jan Meijer, TNO, the Netherlands, Victor Meeussen,
Efectis, the Netherlands
10:50 The plate thermometer for measuring fire exposure
in terms of adiabatic surface temperature
Ulf Wickström, SP Technical Research Institute of
Sweden, Borås, Sweden
11:10 Coffee break
ACTIVE FIRE PROTECTION
Chair: Jack Mawhinney, Hughes Associates Inc., USA
12:40 Fire suppression in road tunnel fires by a water mist
system – Results of the SOLIT project
Horst Starke, Institute of Fire Department Saxony-
Anhalt (IdF), Heyrothsberge, Germany
13:00 Lunch and Exhibits
ACTIVE FIRE PROTECTION II
Chair: Alan Brinson, European Sprinkler Network, UK
14:40 Fixed fire fighting systems In tunnels – Integration
and compensation
Stefan Kratzmeir, IFAB Institute for applied fire safety
research, Rostock, Germany, Max Lakkonen, FOGTEC
Fire Protection, Cologne, Germany
15:00 Evaluating the performance of fixed water-based fire
protection systems for passenger train and metro cars
Teemu Kivimäki, Marioff Corporation Oy,Vantaa,
Finland, Jukka Vaari, VTT Technical Research Centre of
Finland, Espoo, Finland
15:20 An experimental study of the impact of tunnel suppression
on tunnel ventilation
Yoon J. Ko and George Hadjisophocleous, Civil and
Environmental Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada
15:40 Water application rates for fixed fire fighting systems
in road tunnels
Kenneth J. Harris, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Sacramento,
CA, USA
16:00 Coffee break
ACTIVE FIRE PROTECTION & FIRE FIGHTING
Chair: Felix Amberg, ITA/COSUF, Switzerland
16:20 Incident management and tunnel systems
Gary English, Assistant Fire Marshal, Seattle Fire Department,
Seattle, WA, USA
16:40 Tunnel incident management in Frankfurt am Main
fire department’s operations
Jens Stiegel, Fire Department of the city of Frankfurt
am Main, Germany
17:00 Fire and rescue operations during construction of
tunnels
M. Kumm, Mälardalen University, A. Bergqvist, Greater
Stockholm Fire Brigade & Karlstad University
19:00 Banquet
22:00 Close day 2
11:40 Suppression systems – Trade-offs & benefits
Jimmy Jönsson, Arup Fire, Madrid, Spain, Peter Johnson,
Arup Fire, Melbourne, Australia
12:00 Large-scale water spray and water mist fire suppression
system tests
Magnus Arvidson, SP Technical Research Institute of
Sweden, Borås, Sweden
12:20 Performance testing of fire protection systems in
tunnels: Integrating test data with CFD simulations
Jack R. Mawhinney and Javier Trelles, Hughes Associates,
Inc., Baltimore, MD, USA
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19 March 2010
08:00 Registration, coffee and pastries
Keynote Session
Chair:
Anders Lönnermark, SP, Sweden
08:30 Tunnel incident management in Frankfurt am Main -
operational smoke managemen
Reinhard Ries, fire Department of the city of Frankfurt
am Main, Germany
09:00 Tunnel fire safety in Australasia
Arnold Dix, University of Western Sydney, Australia
VENTILATION
Chair: Richard Carvel, University of Edinburgh, UK
09:30 Effects of longitudinal ventilation on fire growth
and maximum heat release rate
Haukur Ingason and Anders Lönnermark, SP Technical
Research Institute of Sweden, Borås, Sweden
09:50 The critical velocity and the fire development
Y. Wu, Department of Chemical & Process Engineering,
Sheffield University, UK
10:10 New perspectives on the critical velocity for smoke
control
Fathi Tarada, Mosen Ltd, Crawley, West Sussex, UK
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Design of tunnel ventilations systems for fire emergencies
using multiscale modelling
F. Colella, Politecnico di Torino, Italy and University
of Edinburgh, UK, G. Rein, University of Edinburgh,
UK, V. Verda, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, R. Borchiellini,
Politecnico di Torino, Italy, R. Carvel, University
of Edinburgh, UK, T. Steinhaus, University of Edinburgh,
UK, J. L. Torero, University of Edinburgh, UK
11:20 Are the tunnel ventilation systems adapted for the
different risk situations?
B. Truchot, INERIS, France, M. Oucherfi, EGIS Tunnels,
France, F. Quezel-Ambrunaz, EGIS Tunnels, France, S.
Duplantier, INERIS, France, L. Fournier, EGIS Tunnels,
France, F. Waymel, EGIS Tunnels, France
11:40 “OrGaMIR” – Development of a safety system for
reaction to an event with emission of hazardous
airborne substances - like a terrorist attack or fire -
based on subway climatology
Andreas Pflitsch, Markus Brüne, Julia Ringeis &
Michael Killing-Heinze, Department of Geography,
Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany
12:00 Lunch and exhibits
FIRE DYNAMICS
Chair: Ulf Wickström, SP, Sweden
13:00 Fire dynamics during the channel tunnel fires
Ricky Carvel, BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering,
University of Edinburgh, UK
13:20 New energy carriers in vehicles and their impact
on confined infrastructures - Overview of previous
research and research needs
Olivier Salvi, L-surF Services, INERIS, France, Anders
Lönnermark, SP, Sweden, Haukur Ingason, SP,
Sweden, Benjamin Truchot, INERIS, France, Roland
Leucker, STUVA, Germany, Félix Amberg, VSH, Switzerland,
Dirk-Jan Molenaar, TNO, Netherlands, Horst
Hejny, L-surF Services, Switzerland
13:40 Overview of fire and smoke spread in underground
mines
Rickard Hansen, Mälardalen University, Västerås,
Sweden
14:00 Predictions of railcar heat Release rates
John Cutonilli and Craig Beyler, Hughes Associates,
Inc, Baltimore, MD, USA
14:20 Close day 3
14:30 Visit to Metro fire test facility
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Event partners
Fire Department of the city of Frankfurt am Main
The municipal fire department consists of about 1650 members
of operational staff. These are divided in approximately
800 members of the professional fire department, 800 members
of the voluntary fire department and 50 inspectors of
the department of fire prevention. In addition to that, about
200 people work for the department as administrative staff and
technical employees.
The Department is led by the Chief of Department, Prof. Dipl.-
Ing. Reinhard Ries. Every day, there are 186 people on active
duty, assigned on 13 engines, 7 ladders, 25 ambulances, 1 MIC-
Unit, 1 EMS- helicopter and different types of special units and
incident command vehicles. These units are assigned to actually
10 fire stations. In the next years the number of stations will
increase to 12. The special units include two heavy rescue units,
with one of them specialized on accidents on railway- systems,
a high- rise unit, a water- rescue unit, a hazmat- unit, a mass
casualties unit, an AR unit and an animal- rescue unit.
The voluntary fire department runs 28 stations all over the
city and completes the professional fire department at more
comprehensive incidents and at calls in their response area at
weekday’s nights and on the weekends.
L-surF Services is the operational arm of the L-surF Foundation
(created in November 2009), gathering 5 major European
organisations (INERIS, SP Fire Technology, STUVA, TNO, VSH), all
specialist in safety and security of underground infrastructures.
L-surF Services offers a unique international expertise to
evaluate and improve safety and security of underground and
enclosed spaces, providing a full range of services for risk assessment,
tests, audits, full scale testing, and also training and
education.
The NI2 Center for Infrastructure Expertise (US) is a not-forprofit
applied research group dedicated to strengthening the
resilience of built critical infrastructure through the development,
evaluation and implementation of cutting edge solutions
and technologies. NI2 offers expertise in facility security; threat
assessment; risk analysis; emergency management and disaster
preparedness; fire protection; supply chain security; and maritime
and port security. www.ni2cie.org or dbliss@ni2.org.
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Exhibitors
VID Fire-Kill (Stand 1.2)
The Securiton GmbH (Stand 1.4)
E-Semble (Stand 1.6)
AQUASYS (Stand 1.7)
AP Sensing (Stand 1.14)
SIGRIST-PHOTOMETER (Stand 1.15)
Sentio® (Stand 1.16)
AESTUVER (Stand 1.19)
Concept Smoke Systems (Stand 1.20)
LISTEC (Stand 2.1)
CERIB (Stand 2.2)
TROX (Stand 2.3)
TUNNEL SAFETY TESTING, S.A (TST) (Stand 2.4)
FOGTEC (Stand 2.6)
Thermal Ceramics (Stand 2.7)
NOFIQ (Stand 2.8)
Innosys (Stand 2.9)
Sensa (Stand 2.10)
MEYCO/BASF (Stand 2.11)
SICK (Stands 2.12, 2,13)
OneSeven (Stand 2.14)
L-surF Services (Stand 2.15) e-semble
2.16
1.1
1.2
1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7
2.15
2.14
1.14 1.15 1.16
2.6
2.10
2.7
2.11
1.19
1.20
2.8 2.9
2.12 2.13
2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4
Refreshments
Symposium hall
Stairway
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Fire Monitoring
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• Exact information on re location, size and movement
• Gain crucial information to control countermeasures
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Honorary sponsors
Founded in 1974 by the initiative of nineteen
Nations, the International Tunnelling
and Underground Space Association (ITA)
which aims are: to encourage the use of the
subsurface for the benefit of public, environment
and sustainable development and
to promote advances in planning, design,
construction, maintenance and safety of
tunnels and underground space, by bringing
together information thereon and by studying
questions related thereto. Since then,
ITA has considerably developed. Presently,
ITA gathers 55 Member Nations and 280
Corporate or Individual Affiliate Members.
ITA-COSUF the Centre of Excellence for
world-wide exchange of information and
know-how regarding safety and security of
underground facilities.
The mission of the international nonprofit
NFPA, established in 1896, is to reduce the
worldwide burden of fire and other hazards
on the quality of life by providing and advocating
consensus codes and standards, research,
training, and education. The world's
leading advocate of fire prevention and an
authoritative source on public safety, NFPA
develops, publishes, and disseminates more
than 300 consensus codes and standards.
NFPA membership totals more than 81,000
individuals around the world and more than
80 national trade and professional organizations.
IAFSS was founded with the primary objective
of encouraging research into the science of
preventing and mitigating the adverse effects
of fires and of providing a forum for presenting
the results of such research. The International
Association for Fire Safety Science will
seek cooperation with other organizations, be
they concerned with application or with the
sciences that are fundamental to our interests
in fire. It will seek to promote high standards,
to encourage and stimulate scientists to address
fire problems, to provide the necessary
scientific foundations and means to facilitate
applications aimed at reducing life and property
loss.
The Transportation and Development Institute
of ASCE (T&DI) was founded in 2002 as
forum for civil engineers T & DI is comprised
of the former ASCE Air Transportation Division,
Highway Division, Urban Planning and
Development Division, and the ASCE Automated
People Movers Standards Committee.
T&DI is comprised of over 14,000 dedicated
members ranging from scientists to engineers,
all of whom come together to share a common
vision of becoming a global leader for
integrated transportation and development
that is safe, secure, and sustainable.
The Society of Fire Protection Engineers
was established in 1950 and incorporated
as in independent organization in 1971. It is
the professional society representing those
practicing the field of fire protection engineering.
The Society has approximately 4500
members in the United States and abroad,
and 57 regional chapters. The purpose of
the Society is to advance the science and
practice of fire protection engineering and
its allied fields, to maintain a high ethical
standard among its members and to foster
fire protection engineering education.
vfdb is the German Fire Protection Association.
Currently about 2000 individual members
and 450 corporative members , among
them more than 100 city councils, moreover,
Ministries, research institutes, organisations,
societies as well as the allied national and
international fire-brigade organizations
stand by the goals of the vfdb.
The IRU Academy is the training arm of the
International Road Transport Union (IRU),
acting as a global body that works with its
partners and panels of experts to develop
the skills of road transport professionals and
enhancing their knowledge of and ability
to deal with key aspects of road transport
operations in order to achieve the objectives
of improved road safety and increased professionalism
whilst ensuring international
recognition of professional qualification.
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The Elbe Tunnel - The TROX Technology
Fire and smoke protection
for the future
For almost 40 years, TROX has developed fire
protection and smoke extract systems with certified
safety.
TROX tunnel damper for the project
Refurbishment of the Hamburg Elbe Tunnel
TROX offers project specific tunnel dampers with the
following advantages:
Maximum possible corrosion resistance
Long-life cycle and easy maintenance
Bespoke design, construction and service
Worldwide know-how of standards and
project support
Exhibition stand 2.3
The art of handling air
TROX GmbH Telefon +49(0)28 45 / 2 02- 0
Telefax +49(0)28 45/202-265
Heinrich-Trox-Platz E-Mail trox@trox.de
47504 Neukirchen-Vluyn www.trox.de
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Media partners
Tunnels & Tunnelling International is the leading news, research, technical information,
data and market intelligence resource for the global tunnelling industry. T&TI
serves tunnelling professionals ranging from contractors and consultants to clients and
machine manufacturers.
World Tunnelling is an international publication combining an unrivalled blend of news,
comment, project case studies and in-depth technical analysis. With a monthly print run
of around 6,500 copies, World Tunnelling provides engineers, consultants, manufacturers,
contractors and decision makers with essential technical and market information
reflecting the growing importance of large bore tunnelling.
TBM: Tunnel Business Magazine is the leading publication covering all facets of the
North American tunneling market. Launched in 1998, TBM is a bi-monthly publication
that reaches more than 5,000 construction professionals, delivering the latest news and
information on project updates, technical topics and issues shaping the market.
The fire service’s leading training publication and authoritative information source, Fire
Engineering prides itself on a 132-year history of “Training the Fire Service.” With readers
from every rank and every fire department type, Fire Engineering provides lifesaving
educational tools to more than 57,000 firefighters around the world, reaching the
fire service decision makers of today and tomorrow. For more information about Fire
Engineering magazine, visit www.fireengineering.com.
Eurotransport is the leading bi-monthly technical journal for the urban public transport
industry. Readers are kept up-to-date with new developments and projects, covering
articles that impact this sector, including Automated Metros, CCTV / IP Surveillance,
Infrastructure, ITS, Light Rail & Tram, RTPI, Safety / Security, Smartcards and Ticketing.
ABC audited, Eurotransport is regularly distributed to 11,794 key decision makers across
Europe.
Fire Risk Management is the monthly magazine of the Fire Protection Association and
the Institution of Fire Engineers, and goes out to some 14,000 international fire safety
professionals each month. It features the latest news and views, as well as technical
articles on fire safety, building design and emergency response
With 20,000 copies and 6 issues per annum GIT SECURITY + MANAGEMENT has the best
market presence of all security magazines in the EMEA market. This European security
publication has a focus on all aspects of security and fire protection and also addresses
readers in the Middle East and Africa for this key markets.
Fire Middle East is the leading publication in the Middle East region for Fire, Rescue
and Safety professionals. The magazine has a readership of over 42,000 and is published
three times a year.
The FS-World.com magazine, the official publication of the Fire & Safety Group, published
both on-line and in print, provides up-to-date information, opinions, articles and
more from Fire & Safety Group Members, as well as from readers who are non-Members,
from companies, organizations and from the national and international press.
INTERNATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION Magazine is the only worldwide title that covers both
Fire Protection & Fire Safety. The editorial focus of the magazine is centred upon both
passive and active fire protection. Now in its tenth year of publication, IFP Magazine is
the international leader of its field. Continual extensive and exhaustive research enables
us to maintain a first class database of readers for INTERNATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION.
The circulation of 7,150 copies is supplied in 38 different countries . The subscribers and
readers of IFP magazine include but are limited to Specifiers, Fire Consultants, Fire Engineers,
Building & Design Engineers, Architects, Fire & Safety Officers, Facility Managers,
Risk Assessors, Insurance Assessors, Industrial Fire Safety Officers, Health & Safety Chiefs,
Fire Protection Equipment Installers & Contractors, End Users, OEM’s & Extensive Dealer
and Distributor Network.
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Media partners (continued)
Industrial Fire Journal is published quarterly, Industrial Fire Journal is the internationally
recognised marketing leading journal, reporting world-wide to the Oil, Gas, Petrochemical,
Chemical, Power, Marine, Aviation and other high risk industries. It keeps its
52,000 international readership abreast of the changing pace of statutory regulations
governing fire protection within the world’s high risk industries. It covers risk assessment,
firefighting techniques, equipment and passive/active fire protection.
It targets personnel responsible for policy making, the purchase and specifying of passive
and active firefighting technology and safety equipment and the implementation
of training. FSE is the leading UK magazine for the whole fire safety community: from
service providers to specifiers, consultants and end users. It is published ten times a year
and has an audited circulation of 7,708.
The FeuerTRUTZ Magazin ist the only magazine for preventive fire protection in Germany.
With a bimonthly print run of around 7.000 copies the magazine reaches architects,
engineers- and planning offices, technical planner for structural and building fire
prevention, publicy appointed and experts for structural and building fire prevention.
The FeuerTRUTZ Magazin give direction to technical planner for structural and building
fire prevention and provides conceptions, building inspection in terms of fire protection,
active regulation and planning aids.
BrandPosten is published in Swedish and English by SP Fire Technology, and distributed
without charge to SP's customers, fire and rescue services, public authorities, certification
bodies, classification bodies, fire consultants, fire protection engineers and architects.
The Swedish edition is distributed in 6000 copies and the English edition in 1500
copies worldwide.
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VID
FIre
KIll
TunproTec – Active
Tunnel Fire protection
VID Fire-Kill is a leading developer and manufacture
of low pressure watermist systems for active
fire protection. VID Fire-Kill offers a technical,
simple to install, and low maintenance tunnel fire
protection system. The integrated system includes
zone divided active fire protection with watermist
together with double knock fire detection with
addressable fire alarms.
The active fire protection system operates with 10
bar water pressures and employs common available
components, pumps, valves and stainless steel AISI
316L pipe systems. The full system is delivered in
modules which are factory assembled and tested,
for simple and fast installation and commission in
tunnels. The system has been full scale tested in
tunnel fires of up to 100MW, involving diesel oil
and solid fuels.
Visit us at our exhibition stand no. 1.2 on
ISTSS 2010 exhibition Frankfurt am Main
or our webpage www.vid.eu
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The 5th International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security
will be held in New York, USA, 14-16th March, 2012
Call for papers
The response to the Call for Papers for our 4th International
Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security was so great that we
plan to have two parallel sessions in New York and hope that
the reponse will be even greater this time.
Instructions to Authors
The language of the symposium is English.
Authors are invited to submit a manuscript or poster for presentation.
Manuscripts and posters will be reviewed on the basis of
an extended abstract of not more than 2 pages. Acceptance for
presentation and publication will be based on scientific quality
and significance.
The manuscripts accepted for presentation at the symposium
will be published as Proceedings of the Symposium.
Manuscript abstracts should be submitted to the Secretariat by
email (istss@sp.se) by 1st June 2011, poster abstracts by the 1st
September 2011. All submissions should be in Microsoft Word
(.doc) format, typed single-spaced on A4 white paper with 25
mm margins. Please use one-column format and 12 pt text.
Abstracts should contain the following details: Title, Authors,
Affiliation/Organisation of the Authors, Content.
Manuscript authors will be informed of the decision of the Scientific
Review Board by 1st October 2011. Successful authors will
be sent full instructions on formatting and submission of their
papers in due time.
Symposium venue
The 5th ISTSS will be held in New York. More information concerning
the venue and program will be posted on the Symposium
website closer late 2010.
Organised by
SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden | Fire Technology
P O Box 857 | SE-501 15 Borås | SWEDEN
email: istss@sp.se | www.istss.se
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