Fire Safety Countermeasures for Urban Rail Vehicles

Hathaway, William T.; Baker, Jason; Moussa, Albert; John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, (U.S.)

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Fire Safety Countermeasures for Urban Rail Vehicles

1992-07-01
By Hathaway, William T. ; Baker, Jason ; Moussa, Albert

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Creators:

Hathaway, William T. ; Baker, Jason ; Moussa, Albert

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Corporate Creators:

John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, (U.S.)
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Federal Transit Administration
Subject/TRT Terms:

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Countermeasures Environmental Impacts Fault Tree Analysis Fire Prevention Fires Human Factors Incident Detection Information Management Railroad Transportation Safety Sequential Analysis Smoke System Safety Training
Publication/ Report Number:

DOT-VNTSC-FTA-92-1 ; FTA-MA-06-0200-92-1

DOT-VNTSC-FTA-92-1 ; FTA-MA-06-0200-92-1 Less -
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Edition:

Final report; Nov 1987-Apr 1991
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Federal Transit Administration
NTL Classification:

AGR-PASSENGERS-Transit;AGR-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Transit Safety and Security;NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION;NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Rail Transit;NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Transit Safety and Security;
Abstract:

The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (VNTSC) has analyzed transit system fire statistics to learn how often fire and smoke incidents occur on rail transit systems. While the threat of fire accounts for only a small percentage of all rail incidents, the potential exists for loss of life and significant damage to property. This report identifies those countermeasures necessary to prevent and reduce the severity of transit fires. To identify the necessary countermeasures, the system safety approach was used. This method used (1) fault trees that graphically represented in a sequence of events how a fire develops, (2) an expert in transit safety who examined each sequence of events, and (3) another expert who examined the countermeasures for reducing and preventing transit fires. The system safety approach allowed the VNTSC to examine the relationships between the various physical components and operating procedures of the entire transit system. In addition, potential problems relating to the construction and operating stages of the transit system could be identified. This report identifies five major areas of countermeasures: vehicle/equipment, procedures, human factors/training, environment, and information management/data analysis.
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UT103/U1503
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Volpe Center
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urn:sha256:7c5779b293630ade9add23ad7f71b542d285e018ea42b3364ea76025cd98d021
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11225/dot_11225_DS1.pdf
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