Confirmed Speakers: Torben Holvad, European Railway Agency Arild Petter Søvik, Senior Principal Engineer, Statens Vegvesen (Norwegian Public Roads Administration) Marius Hofseth, Tunnel Safety Officer, Norwegian Public Roads Administration Gunnar Gjaeringen, Senior Principal Engineer, Norwegian Tunneling Society Paul Bryant, Author and Fire Strategist Hans Spobeck, Manager, Dutch Expertise Centre on Transportation Safety, Transport Administration Sigurd Heier, Emergency Manager, The Follo Line Project David Whitaker, Delivery Manager Central, Thames Tideway Tunnel Jens Classen, Director of Mechanized Tunnelling Division, Toto Costruzioni Generali Simon French, Chief Inspector of Railway Accidents, Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) Are Brandt, Vice President, SP Fire Research Institute of Sweden Ulf Lundstrom, Tunnel Safety Officer, Trafikverket (Swedish Transport Administration) Gunnar D. Jenssen, Senior Research Scientist, SINTEF Technology and Society Transport Research Rolf Mellum, Head of Road Department, Accident Investigation Board Norway (AIBN) Patrik Dahlberg, Swedish Accident investigation Authority Janne Rautasuo, Chief Fire Inspector, Länsi-Uusimaa Department for Rescue Services Aurelio Rojo Garrido, President, Spanish Fire Protection Engineers Association (APICI) Goetz Vollmann, Assistant Professor, Institute for Tunnelling and Construction Management, Ruhr University Bochum Benjamin Truchot, Head of Dispersion and Fire Team, National competence centre for Industrial Safety and Environmental Protection, (INERIS) 1
Caroline Wake, Head of UK Delegation, Channel Tunnel Safety Authority, UK Steve Demetriou, Director Major Projects and Resilience, Kent Fire and Rescue Service, UK Eric Rebeyrotte, Head of French Delegation, Channel Tunnel Safety Authority, France Ronald Mante, Head of Centre for Tunnel Safety, Rijkswaterstaat, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment Workshop 22. September 2015 14:00 Tunnels under explosives and fire loads structural assessment and possible measures Goetz Vollmann, Assistant Professor, Institute for Tunnelling and Construction Management, Ruhr University Bochum 14:40 Assessing the passage of dangerous substances through road tunnels to enable better safety management planning 15:10 Q&A Benjamin Truchot, Head of Dispersion and Fire Team, National competence centre for Industrial Safety and Environmental Protection (INERIS) 08:30 Registration and refreshments Event Title: Fire Protection and Safety in Tunnels 2015 Date 23-24 September Programme Day One 08:50 Chair s opening remarks Experience with EU directive and national standards 09:00 ERA update: Outlining the current technical specification for interoperability relating to safety in railway tunnels of the rail system of the European Union Looking backstage: Detailing the process of investigating, assessing and proposing best practices to prevent accidents in tunnels and mitigating the effects of fires Updating you on current European guidelines on safety for existing road and train tunnels 2
to adequately conform requirements operators have to comply with Assessing the need for upgrade in existing tunnels to effectively manage safety improvements Performing a risk assessment in tunnels in order to ascertain the best solutions for safety requirements Where do we go from here? Introducing the latest project which aims to ensure highest levels of tunnel safety in Europe for both people and goods Torben Holvad, European Railway Agency 09:30 Session reserved for Gold Sponsor 1 10:00 Outlining the Actions undertaken in Norway after two mayor incidents in long one tube tunnels Arild Petter Søvik, Senior Principal Engineer, Statens Vegvesen (Norwegian Public Roads Administration) 10:30 Morning refreshments and networking 11:00 Experience with EU directives and national standards and refurbishment works and tunnel upgrades Leaving conservative safety thinking behind in order to identify new opportunities to achieve overall safety Updates on the EN safety approval system to highlight to opportunities for individualised tunnel safety strategies and station designs Understanding the need for authorities, operators and fire brigades to work together and re-evaluate safety in to develop new solutions Exploiting European safety guidelines to identifying new opportunities to save costs whilst achieving a high level of overall safety Practical feedback on the implementation of EN5128/EN5129 guidelines in Copenhagen leading to improved station design as well as significant financial savings Gunnar Gjaeringen, Senior Principal Engineer, Norwegian Tunneling Society (check bullets) 11:30 Session reserved for Sponsor 2 3
12:00 Outlining British standard specification PAS 911, covering fire strategies as well as the publication on the subject Fire strategies strategic thinking Strategic and holistic evaluation of the fire risks within tunnels Assessing the efficacy of fire protection within the tunnel environment Understanding the relationship between fire safety management and the use of fire protection systems Thinking strategically to determine what the real fire safety and fire engineering issues are Paul Bryant, Author and Fire Strategist 12:30 Spotlight session 1 (Tyco) 12:45 Lunch and Networking 13:45 Improving further cooperation on emergency response in tunnels Dutch Expertise Centre on Transportation Safety Brief explanation of Dutch Tunnel Safety Law Organization of the National Stakeholders Meeting Responsibilities of the partners involved in tunnel safety Measures for preventing accidents in tunnels Learning from tunnel accidents National standards and protocols for emergency response in tunnels Improving further cooperation on emergency response Hans Spobeck, Manager, Dutch Expertise Centre on Transportation Safety, Transport Administration Ronald Mante, Head of Centre for Tunnel Safety, Rijkswaterstaat, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment 14:15 Session reserved for sponsor 3 (MariMils/Smartec) 14:45 A presentation of the Follo Line Project and its emergency concept An introduction to The Follo Line Project How is the work organized? The emergency concept of the tunnel Outlining the challenges in that lay ahead 4
Sigurd Heier, Emergency Manager, The Follo Line Project Afternoon refreshments and networking 15:15 15:45 Channel Tunnel Safety Authority update: Discussing the fire safety challenges of opening the Channel Tunnel to new operators Exploring unique fire safety requirements of the Channel Tunnel and the challenges of dealing with fires in the tunnel Sharing the lessons learned from rolling stock fires within the Channel Tunnel Discussing the considerations of developing bi national fire fighting procedures within the Channel Tunnel Considering the implications of running passenger trains with lower standards of running capability in case of fire Discussing possible developments in passenger train evacuation arrangements for the tunnel Caroline Wake, Head of UK Delegation, Channel Tunnel Safety Authority, UK Steve Demetriou, Director Major Projects and Resilience, Kent Fire and Rescue Service, UK Eric Rebeyrotte, Head of French Delegation, Channel Tunnel Safety Authority, France Safety in tunnel construction and maintenance 16:15 Presenting real life experience of investigating accidents and incidents in railway tunnels including the Channel Tunnel Outlining how the investigation of accidents and incidents in tunnels differs from other railway investigations Gathering key evidence (priorities and challenges) Introducing special analytical techniques that are required Highlighting areas of expertise and the skills needed to investigate and analyse dangerous occurrences in railway tunnels Considering incident management and the activities of emergency services 5
Identifying areas of missing knowledge that need to be addressed by research Determining the challenges of investigating accidents in international tunnels Explaining the scope for cooperation between different investigating bodies, tunnel owners and operators Simon French, Deputy Chief Inspector of Railway Accidents, Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) Managing Safety on the Thames Tideway Tunnel 16:45 What is the Thames Tideway Tunnel? Introducing the largest infrastructure project ever to be undertaken by the UK water industry Assessing the scope of construction and Thames Tideway Tunnel approach to safety during construction Outperforming industry safety standards and raising the benchmark for safety during construction Sharing the measures we are implementing on the project to ensure it is delivered safely David Whitaker, Delivery Manager Central, Thames Tideway Tunnel 17:15 Managing safety of workforce during the construction process as well as ongoing maintenance and repair works in operating tunnels Taking guidance from the contraction industry on safe practices within tunneling works to ensure best possible safety standards Minimising risk through forward planning and the establishment of detailed escape and rescue concepts Outlining the challenges of managing overall safety of an international construction workforce with different ideas regarding safety Establishing efficient and comprehensive safety communication through clear guidelines and a broad range of communication technologies Maximising safety by introducing a handbook and regular trainings for tunnel workers Jens Classen, Director of Mechanized Tunnelling Division, Toto Costruzioni Generali 17:45 Chair s summation and close of day one 6
18:30 Networking Dinner 08:30 Registration and refreshments Event Title: Fire Protection and Safety in Tunnels 2015 Date: 23-24 September Programme Day Two 09:00 Speaker Hosted es Interactive roundtable sessions offer a unique opportunity to come together with your peers to share best practice and develop solutions to critical challenges facing the industry as a whole. Hosted by industry experts and each focused on a single issue, roundtables are an exciting, interactive way to build your personal network and learn from the experience and expertise of others. Each roundtable session lasts for 30 minutes, and delegates may attend up to 3 roundtables e 1 e 2 e 3 Active vs. passive fire protection? Discussing the pros and cons to determine best practices Debating the effective use of ventilation to as to achieve fire control Comparing experience and knowledge of self rescue and evacuation Torbjørn Tollefsen, Statens Vegvesen (Norwegian Public Roads Administration) e 4 e 5 Discussing the effective use of modelling systems to improve evacuation Exploring innovation in technology in fire detection and protection and opportunities for automated fire response e 6 Comparing experience with the European tunnel safety standard 10:30 Morning refreshments and networking 7
Fire detection and suppression Outlining the gap of knowledge in ventilation performance during a fire in tunnels Requested 21.05 11:00 Are Brandt, Vice President, SP Fire Research Institute of Sweden 11:30 Session reserved for Sponsor 4 12:00 Introducing a concept for simplified Fixed Fire Fighting Systems experience from the Northern Link Tunnel in Stockholm Outlining a concept of simplified Fixed Fire Fighting System Investigating more cost effective design of FFFS in urban tunnels Reducing the need for maintenance by a simplified FFFS Evaluating increasing availability of the FFFS by the simplified design Ulf Lundstrom, Tunnel Safety Officer, Trafikverket (Swedish Transport Administration) 12:30 12:45 Spotlight session 2 Lunch and networking Case studies and lessons learned from previous incidents 14:00 Fire in the tunnel Gudvangatunnelen August 2013 a present of the AIBNinvestigation Outlining the equipment of the tunnel: no monitoring device or device for counting vehicles inside the tunnel Investigating the communication during the incident: no information of need for immediate evacuation was given Exploring additional difficulties during evacuation: Smoke blocking the only possible evacuation route for the road users Assessing why tunnel design and tunnel's technical equipment did not adequately facilitate self-rescue Rolf Mellum, Head of Road Department, Accident Investigation Board Norway (AIBN) 8
14:30 Reserved for Sponsor 5 (Arup) What can we learn from real road tunnel fires? Lessons learnt from the recent critical tunnel fires in long single tube tunnels, Norway 15:00 Interviews of survivors What do road users think and consider initially and trapped in smoke? Actions considered and actual behavior Implications for escape modeling Measures which could have helped Gunnar D. Jenssen, Senior Research Scientist, SINTEF Technology and Society Transport Research 15:30 Investigation of a fires in 2 biogas busses in city traffic in Helsingborg, Sweden the 14 th of February 2012 Outlining the scale and development of the biogas bus fire in Helsingborg Looking into the evacuation and work of rescue service involved to determine how training can be improved Examining fire suppression systems alongside full scale tests Patrik Dahlberg, Senior Chief Investigator, Swedish Accident investigation Authority 16:00 Afternoon refreshments and networking 16:30 Case Study - Länsi-Uusimaa department for Rescue Services preparation for the rescue operations in The West Metro Janne Rautasuo, Chief Fire Inspector, Länsi-Uusimaa Department for Rescue Services 17:00 ITS, intelligent transport systems and management of emergency/evacuation situations in metro systems Aurelio Rojo Garrido, President, Spanish Fire Protection Engineers Association (APICI) 17:30 Chair s summation and close of conference 9