The Application of 3D Visual Simulation Technology to Highway and Tunnel Emergency Training and Management

摘要

The 1999 fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel led the French authorities to speed up the process -already planned - of improving the safety of tunnels and roads. The new regulations definedspecific measures to ensure user safety and emergency services and led to new requirementsregarding the training of operators. Indeed, in this highly regulated environment, operationsstaff are under increasing pressure. That is why they should receive appropriate training notonly during their initial learning, but also later, to ensure the continuous improvement of skillsand behavior particularly in crisis situations. To be effective, these programs need to immerseoperators in situations similar to those they might encounter in real life: management of aserious incident, communication with stakeholders, and application of complex procedures. Forthis industry, BMIA has developed an innovative system known as G'Val, a unique solution of3D real-time traffic simulation on the roads and in tunnels, directly controlled by an originalTraffic Control Device, based on the UC-win/Road software from Forum8. This simulator isused to train control center operators, to validate new operating rules and features, or toevaluate new traffic software. The simulator allows personnel to be trained in a simulatedenvironment that exactly reproduces the real environment: CCTV monitoring, HMI and ADIalarms, complete control over road equipment, driving of emergency vehicles andcommunication with stakeholders. Predefined scenarios can be played, and real situations(accidents, beaconing), or rarer incidents (fire and smoke in a tunnel) replayed. With thissimulation operator knowledge of existing procedures can be checked and implementation ofnew procedures tested. The ability to network multiple simulators permits training of operatorsin complex situations and assessment of their reactions and behavior under stress.