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Full Capacity Crude Storage Means Maximum Fire Risk
Falling demand threatens to overwhelm available crude oil storage worldwide.
Falling demand threatens to overwhelm available crude oil storage worldwide.
Federal regulations supersede more stringent vapor pressure requirement in Washington state.
Technical pre-planning helps firefighters achieve a positive outcome.
The non-regulatory agency is hoping for additional funding to cover increasing personnel costs and implementation of a new chemical reporting rule.
Environmental group points to health hazards attributed to clean-up agents.
Many of the risk management requirements were repealed by the Trump administration in 2019.
Pre-plans for fire emergencies must be continually edited and updated.
The Toronto court also imposed a 25% surcharge that will be credited to a government fund to assist crime victims.
Industrial valve company fined $171,628 in penalties for lead, copper dust exposure.
Enforcement placed on hold by the Trump administration in 2016.
This fourth article in a series will address other water-based systems such as water spray, water mist, foam, and foam water.
Tank-to-tank fire spread occurs from spreading ground-level liquid fires or radiant heat transfer.
An oil tank could be working just fine. However, if it’s struck by lightning, a catastrophe could be imminent, particularly if the tank has not been grounded.
Carbon monoxide is a common industrial hazard resulting from the incomplete combustion of material containing carbon such as natural gas, gasoline, kerosene, oil, propane, coal, or wood.
A full-scale fire sprinkler test usually consists of two forty-foot-long double row racks with single row tacks on each side as a target.
