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Recommendations for Fire Service Lifts in Underground Stations published

Credit/Quelle: STUVA

Four emergency personnel carrying a mobility-restricted person

Credit/Quelle: STUVA

In December 2018, the “Recommendations for Fire Service Lifts in underground Stations” were published as the 51^st volume in the STUVA “Research + Practice” series. The planners of underground stations that have to be constructed are provided with concrete criteria to enable them to safely assess the suitability of a fire service lift or elevator.

Numerous investigations and calculation methods are available for the self-rescue of persons from underground transport facilities in the event of fire. However, third-party rescue by firemen is largely unexplored. In this connection, third-party...

Issue 04/2020

60 Years For Transport – STUVA Anniversary

It all began on the 5th January 1959. On this day in the Rotary-Club in Mühlheim an der Ruhr, Karl Schmitz-Scholl, founder of the Tengelmann Group, presented his vision of an underground railway...

Issue 03/2012 Research and Development

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On January 19, 2012, the joint ESIMAS project was inaugurated at the Federal Highways Research Institute (BASt). ESIMAS (Echtzeit-Sicherheits-Management-System) stands for Real Time Safety Management...

Issue 04/2021

TÜV Nord Recertifies STUVAtec as Fire Protection Concept Developer for DB Station & Service AG

Reliable fire protection plays a particularly decisive role for underground railway stations. This is why DB Station & Service AG, together with the technical inspection agency TÜV Nord, has...

Issue 07/2016 Consulting

North-South Urban Light Railway in Cologne: modern Fire Protection in underground Facilities

Special measures are required in order to provide passengers with the greatest possible protection should fire occur in an underground facility. In close collaboration Cologne Transport (Kölner...

Issue 03/2018 Fire Safety & Security

TÜV Nord (Technical Control Board North) recertifies the STUVAtec GmbH as Creator of Fire Protection Concepts for the DB Station & Service AG

Reliable fire protection plays a particularly significant role in the case of underground railway stations. As a result, the DB Station & Service AG has worked out a complex certification process in...

tunnel 01/2019