Glass Boarding Bridges for Airports
Joshua Swann, University of Maryland
Joseph Scheffey, Hughes Associates, Inc.

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There are several boarding bridge manufacturers that build glass bridges, which are currently permitted in countries that have not adopted NFPA standards. The Technical Committee for NFPA 415, Standard on Airport Terminal Buildings, Fueling Ramp Drainage, and Loading Walkways, would like more information about the global experience using glass boarding bridges, including fire resistance of the bridges, fire test methods, use of alternate/additional escape routes from the plane, and the psychology/sociology of occupants that must egress through a glass boarding bridge with a large fire outside or below. The Fire Protection Research Foundation and Hughes Associates are undertaking a project to provide information on the use of glass boarding bridges that may be used as the technical basis for inclusion of glass bridges in the standard.