Risk Assessment
Special Suppression Needs at Plant Fires
Special Suppression Needs at Plant Fires
Playing fair is not critical in calculating foam application
Foams, fires and freight rates
New pumper represents accomplishments of three fire protection giants
Carbohydrates replace fluorine as basis for new AFFF substitute
Solberg moves into new markets with fluorine-free foam technology
An over-pressurized batch reactor blows apart in Florida, killing four.
When a lightning strike ignited a 100-foot-diameter xylene storage tank at Sunoco's Eagle Point refinery in Westville, N.J., the refinery's chief exceeded the NFPA guidelines for foam application by nearly 40 percent.
Years of preaching and preparation about dealing with jumbo large-diameter storage tank fires was put to the near ultimate test on June 7, 2001 just outside of New Orleans. Nobody looks forward to an event like this, but for Dwight Williams and Williams Fire & Hazard Control, the fire was a long-awaited opportunity.
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