Indian Railways has started a pilot project to install fire and smoke detection alarms in trains and equip the coaches with fire-retardant material, the Government told the Lok Sabha today.
In a written reply to a question in the House, the Minister of State for Railways, Mr K.H. Muniyappa, said: “as a pilot project, Indian Railways has installed early fire and smoke detection systems in the New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani train’’.
The technical specification of the system will be reviewed on the basis of the report prepared after the completion of its initial trials, he said.
On installation of this system in other trains, Mr Muniyappa said further action will be planned after successful field trials and design validation of the alarm and smoke detection systems.
On steps taken by the Railways Ministry to check re-occurrence of fire incidents in future, the Minister informed the House on several measures adopted for this.
“In Railway carriages, fire retardant cables and multi-tier electrical protection systems are provided to prevent incidents of fire due to electrical defects,” he said.
To stop fire from spreading, he said fire retardant furnishing materials have been introduced in train coaches and their standards are regularly updated as per the international standards.
The Minister said that there is a provision for installing fire barrier and thermic lock in vestibule doors to delay fire propagation in Linke Holfmann Busch (LHB) type of coaches.
Replying to a question on strengthening the railways security, the Minister said: “a high-level committee had submitted its report on Composite Security Plan in 2008.
Twenty one recommendations were made in the Composite Security Plan on various issues pertaining to Railway security.”
Keywords: Railways, pilot project, fire detection alarms
In a written reply to a question in the House, the Minister of State for Railways, Mr K.H. Muniyappa, said: “as a pilot project, Indian Railways has installed early fire and smoke detection systems in the New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani train’’.
The technical specification of the system will be reviewed on the basis of the report prepared after the completion of its initial trials, he said.
On installation of this system in other trains, Mr Muniyappa said further action will be planned after successful field trials and design validation of the alarm and smoke detection systems.
On steps taken by the Railways Ministry to check re-occurrence of fire incidents in future, the Minister informed the House on several measures adopted for this.
“In Railway carriages, fire retardant cables and multi-tier electrical protection systems are provided to prevent incidents of fire due to electrical defects,” he said.
To stop fire from spreading, he said fire retardant furnishing materials have been introduced in train coaches and their standards are regularly updated as per the international standards.
The Minister said that there is a provision for installing fire barrier and thermic lock in vestibule doors to delay fire propagation in Linke Holfmann Busch (LHB) type of coaches.
Replying to a question on strengthening the railways security, the Minister said: “a high-level committee had submitted its report on Composite Security Plan in 2008.
Twenty one recommendations were made in the Composite Security Plan on various issues pertaining to Railway security.”
Keywords: Railways, pilot project, fire detection alarms
