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78 Planning and design for fire and smoke incidents in UndergroUnd Passenger rail systems RESPONDENT INFORMATION 1.
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79 6. Briefly describe how your agency implements NFPA 130 Responses summarized in Table 34, Chapter 3 of report.
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80 almost immediately. There have been trash can fires in the stations but those have been at the surface and were incipient stage only.
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81 Real Estate and Right of Way for emergency access None Design and planning are limited somewhat by funds available, and by the existing physical "room" to build the system and its appurtenances. Our emergency fans and system work extremely well when removing smoke.
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82 Develop a tunnel standard. Install only primary response and then include IOP channels 1.
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83 Yes. Again, consult APTA Award Application for details.
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84 Would recommend having the ventilation placed at the top of the tunnel. Also increasing the amount of emergency exits.
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85 14. How does your agency define a "fire/smoke" incident?
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86 18. Please check all elements that are included in the early detection system.
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87 We committee with operations, maintenance, safety and facilities maintenance and develop checklist and processes and procedures to response to fires. We continue to review and access our system using our lifecycle management plan.
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88 mAnAGinG inciDentS 26. Briefly describe your agency's protocol and procedures for responding to and managing underground fire/smoke incidents.
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89 27. For fires where other agencies also respond, check all the actions that your agency takes: Send staff to meet responder command staff at scene 96.2% 25 Set up multi agency command center or similar on your property 76.9% 20 Send staff to a central command center (not on your property)
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90 Ventilation control is designed to remove smoke and provide 70.8% 17 fresh air and/or cooling Ventilation control is used to remove smoke, although it is not designed 12.5% 3 for that purpose Other 16.7% 4 Other responses include: (1) Has a maintenance mode for removal of by-products of combustion from maintenance vehicles during non-revenue service hours.
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91 I cannot say. This is performed by others.
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92 46. What actions would be most useful in improving coordination with local jurisdictions in responding to underground fires?
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Abbreviations and acronyms used without definitions in TRB publications: A4A Airlines for America AAAE American Association of Airport Executives AASHO American Association of State Highway Officials AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ACI–NA Airports Council International–North America ACRP Airport Cooperative Research Program ADA Americans with Disabilities Act APTA American Public Transportation Association ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials ATA American Trucking Associations CTAA Community Transportation Association of America CTBSSP Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program DHS Department of Homeland Security DOE Department of Energy EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAA Federal Aviation Administration FAST Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (2015) FHWA Federal Highway Administration FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FRA Federal Railroad Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration HMCRP Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers MAP-21 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (2012)
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