Emergency Response

Ethanol, what is the worry? On May 14, 2007, a tanker carrying 8,000 gallons of ethanol overturned and burst into flames on an interstate in Baltimore, Maryland, killing the driver and sending a burning stream of ethanol into the street below, igniting a row of parked vehicles. On October 22, 2006, an eighty-six-car train carrying…...

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In the USA, OSHA REQUIRES employers to “Fit Test” each worker who will wear a tight-fitting respirator.  This includes all types of tight-fitting respirators, from half-face air purifying respirators to full-face supplied air respirators.  The workers are also REQUIRED to be fit tested with EACH MAKE, MODEL STYLE and SIZE face piece they are medically qualified and…...

A NH3 Tanker Truck rolled over and lost it’s load.  A GREAT video to see the behavior of a Liquid Spill of NH3.  We can see the liquid pouring our of the tanker and immediately flashing off to a gas.  Auto-refrigeration is observed as the gas hangs low over the pooling liquid.  AMAZING FOOTAGE at…...

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Without a doubt one of the VERY BEST NH3 Response Training videos!  And it is FREE, thanks to TRANSCAER!  Be patient, it takes a minute to load.  CLICK HERE to download the Student Manual (pdf)…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

This taped 911 call is being provided for others to learn from.  Many of us think that dialing 911 and effectively communicating with the emergency dispatcher needs no training.  This call may convience us that we need to train those who would be tasked with this critical link to the emergency responders.  Imagine that it…...

Some responders would tell you this was a “sucessful response”.  They stopped the leak and did not injury anyone in the effort; however, it is not too difficult to identify several things these responders could have done differently in their response.  Can you identify them?  How many did you identify?… Membership Required You must be...

  Accident No.: DCA05-MP001 Type of System: Hazardous liquid Accident Type: Pipeline rupture and leak with vapor cloud Location: 6 miles west of Kingman, Kansas Date: October 27, 2004 Time: 11:15 a.m. central daylight time Owner: Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. Facility: Magellan Ammonia Pipeline/Enid Lateral Operator: Enterprise Products Operating L.P. Fatalities/Injuries: None Damage/Clean-up Cost: $680,715 Material…...