This article discusses some of the basics and what to expect when responding to buildings or equipment protected by systems that firefighters will more commonly encounter.
With tanks, original blueprints and drawings should be kept as reference points. These documents can be used to compare notes and measurements such as steel thickness.
This is intended to be a starting point for discussion and to illustrate how existing chemical safety analyses can be used in pre-planning.
Firetrace report finds thorough and regular fire risk assessments can help protect people and communities as well as prevent costs up to $9 million per turbine after a fire.
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.
Making sure sprinklers are properly designed, maintained, and are not defeated by the fire service is the overall objective of this column.
Do all those flashing lights and jarring alarms going off at the guard shack in your industrial facility represent security or pseudo security?
Detectors and sensors in pre-planning
The process of identifying potential major incidents can be challenging as opposed to smaller incidents.
Molten materials releases can include glass, steel, aluminum, other metals, sulfur, or salt.
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