Not a year goes by where I am teaching a HAZMAT or PSM course at a facility that has ammonia (NH3) where I am challenged on the fact that NH3 is explosive/flammable. I stress that it takes 160,000 ppm of the gas for it to burn, but it WILL BURN when it reaches this level…...
Ammonia Gas can deliver you shrink wrapped! Read More »
In fire experiments conducted in uniformly furnished, but vacant Chicago-area townhouses, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers uncovered temperature and heat-flow conditions that can seriously damage facepiece lenses on standard firefighter breathing equipment, a potential contributing factor for first-responder fatalities and injuries…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View...
NIST Study Finds Failure Points in Firefighter Protective Equipment Read More »
Two important field experiments involving releases of pressurized liquefied chlorine have taken place in the last three years – The Wild Stallions (WS) and the Jack Rabbit (JR) experiments. The one and two ton chlorine releases took place near the ground at Dugway Proving Ground, with. However, because of the differing source release configurations and…...
A GREAT presentation by David F. Brown, ANL, Lemont, IL! Click Read More link below for the presentation…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
The propane rail car fire in CA has caught my attention. In reviewing video footage from the scene, I was surprised to see a $1,000,000 engine sitting in close proximity to a burning rail car. I tend to stay out of these things until I am called to get involved, but this one is odd…....
Siting of emergency response equipment & personnel? Read More »
A facility should develop an emergency response plan that SPECIFICALLY addresses release scenarios developed from their PHAs and historical accident information. The potential releases identified in the PHAs should be used in preparing the emergency response pre-plans. Planning and preparation should include:… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready...
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Paragraph (q) of HAZWOPER lists seven emergency responder categories, which include the following five principal training levels under (q)(6): first responder awareness level, first responder operations level, HAZMAT technician, HAZMAT specialist, and on-scene incident commander. The remaining two categories include skilled support personnel (q)(4) and specialist employees (q)(5). Employees responding to emergencies at different levels…...
Last week I wrote about taking 10 minutes and calling your local fire department to review your response needs. Last night’s incident alerts had an incident that demonstrates EXACTLY what can happen when “Pre-Planning” is not done or done poorly!… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member?...
PERFECT Example of a “Pre-Planning” lapse! Read More »
In this economy, we should take 10 minutes and call our local Fire Department (FD) and discuss any changes that have been made that could impact our business. FACT: All fire departments have been forced to make cuts in recent years; some more than others, but all have had to cut their budgets. The first…...
Can your local Fire Department meet your needs? Read More »
This week I had the pleasure of conducting an Incident Command course and in my 1-Day IC Basics course I like to challenge the students to put themselves into scenarios and to think through what needs to be done, who will be doing it, if they have been trained, if they have adequate back-up’s, etc. …...
OUTSTANDING Video for emergency responders!… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
Hands-On Railcars – Anhydrous Ammonia (Video) Read More »
Online training program will target emergency response to anhydrous ammonia incidents…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
TRANSCAER® LAUNCHES ONLINE SAFETY TRAINING Read More »
