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This guidance focuses on tunnels under construction, along with the refurbishment of existing tunnels. The information may be relevant to disused or decommissioned tunnels. Fire and rescue...

The notification of any tunnel or below ground structure project should be the starting point for engagement with the client, principal contractor and responders. There is a statutory...

A tunnel is a passageway which may be above or below ground however is completely enclosed except for openings at its exits commonly at each end of the tunnel. Tunnels should be expected to...

Completing incident data logs is ‘core business’ for fire and rescue service control rooms. The incident log is the means for recording or capturing all information specific to an emergency. It...

The type of tunnel construction will present specific access, intervention and operational challenges, and specialist advice will be needed on the best way to proceed. There are three main tunnel...

All underground structure incidents have the potential to present the fire and rescue service with a range of challenges owing to their physical nature and potentially limited access. To ensure...

An assessment of the work site, operating activities and associated risks is a crucial element of the information gathering and planning process, and full consultation with the contractor and...

It is particularly important that fire and rescue service personnel are made aware of special access arrangements, such as the access to the bottom of an excavation for a cut and cover tunnel, the...

Fire and rescue services should consider conducting training exercises at underground structure sites that present significant risks, whether they are complete or under construction. Where possible,...

During the construction and refurbishment of tunnels and subsurface infrastructures, compressed air can be used to manage ground water and to stabilise the face of the excavation. The nature of...