Fire safety analysis for public mass transit trains

✍ Scribed by P. J. Allender

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1979
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 756 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0308-0501
• DOI: 10.1002/fam.810030206

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

With increasing use of electric trains carrying very high passenger loads it is important to assess the risks involved in using combustible materials. An approach using decision tree methods to analyse the resulting fire growth and passenger action combinations has been developed. Clear statement of objectives, mainly preservation of life and property, is essential. Systems analysis models can then be used to define the nature of quantitative information needed to assess probabilities of the lines of action shown by the decision tree. The current situation is not fully defined since there isdifficulty in using test report and behavioural information in the on‐off mode needed for Boolean logic which is required by decision tree methods. Some preliminary probabilities are given for state transitions, such as ignition to flame spread, based on reported data. A basis for a possible approach to human behaviour variables and the effect of combustion products is given.