International Fire Academy

Comprehensive Manual on combatting Fires in Road Tunnels

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Deployment tactics in road tunnels represents a focal point of the manual Quelle/credit: International Fire Academy
Deployment tactics in road tunnels represents a focal point of the manual
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Each year more than 2000 members of fire services are trained to combat fires in tunnels on the basis of the subject matter contained in the manual Quelle/credit: International Fire Academy
Each year more than 2000 members of fire services are trained to combat fires in tunnels on the basis of the subject matter contained in the manual
Quelle/credit: International Fire Academy

The International Fire Academy at Balsthal, Switzerland, as a renowned European fire brigade school and academy, has published its teaching material in the form of a German-language manual captioned “Fire Assignments in Road Tunnels. Tactics – Techniques – Background”. An English edition is being prepared and is due to be brought out during the second half of 2015.

The manual is devised as a knowledge base and is intended to support the consolidation of teaching material and instruction. In addition to emergency services and further education centres, the target group includes designers,...

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