❓ Question regarding safety upgrades to the Polly Farmer Tunnel following its expansion, specifically concerning ventilation, fire hydrants, fan reversibility, and radio communication for emergency services. The answers indicate current systems are adequate but upgrades are planned for ventilation and radio reception is regularly tested.
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I refer to the recent upgrade to the Polly Farmer Tunnel to three lanes and certain requirements requested by the Department of Emergency Services to Main Roads Western Australia and I ask: (a) have additional ventilation fans been installed; (b) have additional fire hydrants been installed at the portals of the tunnel; (c) can all fans in the unaffected bore during an emergency incident be switched to full reverse; and (d) has the FRS radio system been upgraded to the new WRENS system so that a fire appliance transiting the tunnel can still receive radio messages whilst responding to emergencies and access the local repeater station to safely manage an incident in the tunnel?
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Answered
6 August 2013
Responded by
Minister for Transport
Response time
40 days
Main Roads WA
advises:
a) The current ventilation is adequate. However, Main Roads plans to install additional ventilation later this year to cater for future traffic volumes.
b) The original number of fire hydrants installed when the tunnel was constructed is sufficient for the three lane operation in each bore.
c) All fans provided for in the current ventilation design are reversible.
d) The Department of Fire and Emergency Services undertakes regular tests to ensure that the radio reception is adequate during emergencies.
advises:
a) The current ventilation is adequate. However, Main Roads plans to install additional ventilation later this year to cater for future traffic volumes.
b) The original number of fire hydrants installed when the tunnel was constructed is sufficient for the three lane operation in each bore.
c) All fans provided for in the current ventilation design are reversible.
d) The Department of Fire and Emergency Services undertakes regular tests to ensure that the radio reception is adequate during emergencies.
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