5. Emergency response
5.1 Facilities for emergency vehicles
The facilities for emergency vehicles must be able to be used by an 8 m long, 2.5 m wide pump-ton van, with a turning circle between walls of 19 m.
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Tunnel installations
In tunnels over 1,000 m long, emergency vehicles must be able to pass from one tube to the other at intervals of around 800 m, if two tubes are present (and if this is possible), or to turn around in other cases.
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In two-tube tunnels, where communication galleries between tubes are provided for the evacuation of users, this will be achieved by making some of these communications accessible to emergency vehicles. If such inter-tube communication galleries...
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Bibliography
Websites
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French Tunnel and Underground Space Association – AFTES
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Center d'études des tunnels – CETU
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Regulations
Law no. 2002-3 of January 3, 2002 on the safety of transport infrastructures and systems, technical investigations following sea, land or air transport accidents or incidents, and underground storage of natural gas, hydrocarbons and chemicals.
Decree no. 2005-701 of June 24, 2005 for the application of law no. 2002-3.
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