Undermarksanläggningars komplexa och unika design samt deras placering medför svårigheter vid räddningsinsatser. Även om det i lag krävs tillfredsställande brandskydd ges begränsad vägledning om hur detta ska uppnås, särskilt när det gäller räddningstjänstens möjlighet till släck- och livräddningsinsats. Detta kan leda till meningsskiljaktigheter mellan räddningstjänsten och projektörer avseende exempelvis val av vattenförsörjningssystem. Vattenförsörjningssystemet påverkar räddningstjänstens förflyttningshastighet och luftförbrukning, liksom förmågan att snabbt inleda brandbekämpning, men har också en viktig ekonomisk aspekt som måste beaktas. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att visa hur olika vattenförsörjningssystem påverkar räddningstjänstens insats i undermarksanläggningar, med fokus på förflyttningshastighet och luftförbrukning. Detta görs genom att använda information från tidigare utförda forskningsprojekt. Vidare undersöks tryckförlusterna i olika vattenförsörjningssystem, samt granskas dessa olika system ur ett ekonomiskt perspektiv. Även olika vattenförsörjningssystem som tillämpas i såväl nationella och internationella undermarksanläggningar presenteras. Det är framförallt mängden luft rökdykarna har tillgänglig som begränsar den tid rökdykarna kan vistas i undermarksanläggningen. Varje åtgärd som ger en lägre fysisk belastning på rökdykarna kan därför direkt omvandlas till aktionstid. Ett fast vattenförsörjningssystem möjliggör en snabbare förflyttningshastighet i tunnlar jämfört med traditionellt slangsystem, vilket ger mer tid för exempel brandbekämpning. Slangsystem kräver mer resurser för att nå långa sträckor, exempelvis mer manskap och tryckstegringspumpar eftersom tryckförlusten överstiger tankfordonens pumpkapacitet. I fasta vattenförsörjningssystem understiger tryckförlusten pumpkapaciteten. Den lokala räddningstjänstens kapacitet och resurser måste beaktas vid utformning av brandskydd och val av vattenförsörjningssystem, samtidigt som brandtekniska installationer och åtgärder måste bland annat beaktas, för att om möjligt underlätta räddningstjänstens insatsmöjligheter. Den ekonomiska kostnaden för brandskyddet och vattenförsörjningssystemet måste också vägas mot nyttan av brandskyddsinstallationer och den utrustning som kan underlätta räddningstjänstens släck- och livräddningsinsatser. / The complex and unique design of underground facilities, as well as their location, make fire and rescue operations difficult. Even if regulations require adequate fire protection, very little guidance is given on how to achieve this, especially regarding firefighting. This can lead to disagreements between emergency services and contractors, for example on the choice of water supply system. The water supply system affects the rescuers’ moving speed and air consumption, as well as the ability to quickly initiate firefighting, but also has an important economical aspect. The purpose of this degree project is to show how different water supply systems affect the rescue services in underground facilities, with focus on the moving speeds and air consumption. This is done by using information from previously performed research projects. Furthermore, the pressure losses in different water supply systems are investigated, and water supply system are examined from an economical point of view. Some solutions of water supply systems applied in both national and international underground facilities are also presented. It appears that a fixed water supply system allows a faster moving speed in a tunnel compared with a traditional hose system, therefore leaving more time for other actions, such as firefighting. Hose systems also require more resources to reach long distances, for example booster pumps because pressure losses exceeds the fire trucks’ pump capacity. The local rescue services assets and capabilities must be taken into account when designing the fire protection. The safety equipment of an underground facility is a key component of any fire and rescue operation, and must, for example, be thoroughly analyzed and taken into consideration to facilitate the rescue services capabilities. The benefits and economic cost of each water supply system must as well be considered in the process regarding the level of fire protection and facilitating installations for the emergency services.

Evacuation of trains in tunnels is currently taking place in diverse ways. One of the methods implies that passengers leave the train along the railways on elevated walkways. The knowledge about the impact of elevated walkways on the safety level is today very limited. As more and more elevated walkways are designed in rail tunnels, it is important that studies and evacuation trials are made to investigate how those affect the safety level of the evacuation. This master thesis’ project aims to investigate the relationship between low light conditions, people's behaviour and ability to evacuate a train on an elevated walkway. To investigate this, the core in the work consisted a practical evacuation trial which purpose was to study people’s movement on a raised walkway under different illumination levels: 200 lux, 5 lux and 1 lux. A total of 16 escape trials were performed as controlled evacuations on a simulated elevated walkway with the measures 1.2x20 meters with a level difference down to the ground plane of 1.24 meters. The result of the evacuation trial showed that the intensity of illumination played a significant role in both the movement speed, the person flow and the peoples distance to the edge. The peoples flow and speed did generally decrease during the partial trials performed during the weaker light intensities, 5 lux and 1 lux, compared to partial trials performed during 200 lux. A general result regarding the effect of light intensity on the people’s distance to the edge is that during the partial trials performed with the weaker light intensities, 5 lux and 1 lux, more people chose to go further from the edge. The conclusion of these results is that a minimum brightness in tunnels should be 1 lux, but a stronger illumination should be sought to increase the safety of the passengers in case of evacuation. Regarding the learning effect on the trial procedure, it can be seen from the results that the more trials carried out, the closer the edge the people went combined with an increased speed and flow. The people became comfortable in the environment and hesitated less, which generated a source of error in the result. A conclusion of the practical evacuation trial is that by conducting a trial in this type of environment, we were given the opportunity to study the problems as well as the complexity that an evacuation may imply. The experiment further provided valuable information and knowledge about the problems that may arise in an evacuation, both from a technical and behavioural perspective.