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CSB Posts Video Detailing the 2005 BP Refinery Explosion
Massive hydrocarbon release and ensuing explosion killed 15 and injured 180
Massive hydrocarbon release and ensuing explosion killed 15 and injured 180
Plains All American required to pay penalties, clean-up costs and natural resource assessment costs and damages
The former owner of an Alaska oil refinery has been ordered by state court to pay $29.4 million for releasing toxic solvents into the groundwater and polluting water wells nearby.
Rusoh's Eliminator is a reloadable dry-chemical fire extinguisher that provides specific advantages over traditional pressurized fire extinguishers, according to the company.
There are hundreds of thousands of API storage tanks in use across the United States. Relatively few of them catch fire or have anything catastrophic happen to them. But it’s always best to be prepared.
Unfortunately, even the most sophisticated detection and alarm systems have one inherent drawback: no alarm is of any value if no one is around to hear it and respond appropriately.
Advanced's upgraded addressable carbon monoxide (CO) detector and low frequency sounder base has been designed to meet NFPA / UL low-frequency signalling standards for sleeping areas such as hospitals, hotels and multi-occupancy residential applications. The sounder base generates a 520 Hz tone to alert occupants of a fire or CO / life safety emergency.
The purpose of this document is to present a case for modifying NFPA and AWWA standards related to Fire Flow Testing of Hydrants so that identifying inoperative hydrants and inadequate water supplies can be done in the most efficient and economical way.
In the case of sprinkler systems guidelines are provided by NFPA 13 which is the standard that governs automatic sprinklers and intends that fire department connections are to supplement the water supply.
With applications in marine and fire safety, the instrumentation and monitoring systems manufactured by Coltraco guarantee that the fixed liquefied gaseous fire extinguishing systems are ready to operate in the "ungoverned space."
The fire industry calling is a noble one. It is uses scientific principles to enable its very existence. The fire industry, however, calculates fire engineering designs based on formulas that its technicians have no way of understanding or verifying are accurate.
The RadEye detector responds to wider range of threats.
I want to share some thoughts about how we could perform better as emergency responders. A 40-year career has given me plenty of experience in all aspects of this business, good and disastrous. Let’s start with equipment purchases.
Making sure sprinklers are properly designed, maintained, and are not defeated by the fire service is the overall objective of this column.
Bill Gough installs and inspects fire extinguishers for a living in Bryan, TX. He ranks the Oval Brand Fire Products extinguisher as comparable to any other 10-pound ABC or dry chemical extinguisher on the market.
