Citation

Ono T, Ishii H, Kawamura K, Miura H, Momma E, Fujisawa T, Hozumi J. Fire Safety J. 2006; 41(4): 279-284.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of the early detection of a car fire occurring in an expressway tunnel using surveillance cameras. Road and rail tunnels need to be built in mountainous areas, in order to provide the effective distribution of goods. A fire in a tunnel can endanger human life as the heat flow and smoke increase rapidly in such a long enclosed space. In addition, it can significantly affect social economies owing to a stagnation of the distribution and the breakdown of the distribution network.