EUSAS Newsletter No. 26, March 2010
For EUSAS members only: Download Newsletter No. 26 (PDF, 174 KB).
EUSAS conference in Munich (Germany), March 3-4, 2010
"Fire Protection in Railway Vehicles"
- “Fire Protection / Fire Risk Assessment of Railway Vehicles” by Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Heyn, TÜV Süd Rail GmbH, Munich, Germany
- “Tunnel Incident Management in Frankfurt am Main” by Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Reinhard Ries, Chief of Department, City of Frankfurt am Main, Fire Department, Headquarters, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- “Implementation of EN TS 45545 in Italy” by Giancarlo Bianchi, CEO, and Sergio de Sanctis, Managing Director, Gastec-Vesta S.r.l.-Medicair Group, Polgliano Milanese, Italy
- “Functional Verification of Fire Detection and Fire Fighting Systems in Railway Vehicles - Presentation of the ARGE-Guidelines”, by Volker Thiel, Fire Safety Expert, TÜV Nord Systems GmbH & Co.KG, Hamburg, Germany
- “Strategische Bedeutung der Berliner U-Bahn für den ÖPNV – Zehn Jahre nach dem Brand im U-Bahnhof Deutsche Oper. Entwicklung der U-Bahn in Europa und weltweit” by Hans-Christian Kaiser, Head of Metro Department, Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe AöR (BVG), Berlin, Germany
- “Innovative Fire Protection Solutions for Railway Vehicles” by Dr. Markus Müller, Wagner Switzerland Ltd., Wallisellen, Switzerland
- “Optimization of Fire Protection Solutions within an Integrated Fire Protection Concept (Vehicles / Infrastructure)” by Karl-Heinz Reuter, Stadtwerke München GmbH, Munich, Germany
- “High Pressure Fire Fighting System for the Metro of Madrid” by Petteri Valkohaapa, Manager, Stations & Rolling Stock, Marioff Corporation Oy, Vantaa, Finland
- “Is the Requirement of SIL (Safety Integrity Level) Reasonable, when there is an Internationally Harmonized Type-testing Available?” by Dr. Claudia Rexfort, Head of Department, Development and Organisation in Fire Protection, VdS Schadenverhütung, Cologne, Germany
- “Fire Protection Systems in Railed Vehicles: Special Requirements for Fire Detection- and Fire Fighting Systems / Verification through Smoke Tests and Real Fire Tests” by Reinhard Hofer, Expert for Preventive Fire Protection, IBS - Institute for technical fire protection and safety research, Linz, Austria
- “Integrated Fire Safety Assessment in Local Public Rail Transportation” by Monika Oswald, Christian Lebeda, Vienna University of Technology, Research Center of Building Materials, Material Technology and Fire Protection, Vienna, Austria