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Tank Farm Fire Safety: Prevention and Response Plans

Learn how to develop effective fire plans for tank farms and storage facilities. Understand pre-incident protocols, equipment requirements, and strategic response considerations. Enhance safety through information gathering and regular drills.

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Tank Farm Fire Safety: Prevention and Response Plans

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  1. Module 7: Tank Farm and Bulk Storage Fire Incidents

  2. Objective • Upon the successful completion of this module, participants will be able to develop plans to fight or contain fires at tank farms and bulk storage facilities.

  3. Introduction • Departments responsible: • Establish extensive pre-fire plans • Schedule drills & walk-throughs on regular basis • Departments must have good relations & cooperation with facility operators & staff • Require special equipment & apparatus: • Contract outside services for incidents depending on magnitude & location • Best defense is prevention

  4. Tank Farm and Bulk Storage Fire Operations • Considerations: • Pre-fire plans with predetermined flow rates established & reviewed regularly • Storage tanks containing ethanol-blended fuels identified & known by fire department personnel in advance

  5. Tank Farm and Bulk Storage Fire Operations • Considerations: • Connection locations & required pressures & flows identified on tanks provided with pre-piped foam systems • Fires in storage tanks where no fixed systems are available / usable or in cases where fixed systems rendered inoperable may not be extinguishable with non-fixed appliances

  6. Preplanning • Information gathering • Information analysis

  7. Summary • Better positioned to respond if prepared in advance • Incident plan in place & maintain good relationships with agencies that can offer support in time of crisis • Drills / Walk-throughs essential & should be conducted on regular basis • Sometimes all that can safely be done is contain incident & let fire run course: • Knowing when to let this happen is important component of safety

  8. Activity 7.1 — Ethanol Emergency Procedures • Purpose: • To allow participants to utilize all the information discussed in the course to determine the appropriate procedures for fire & non-fire ethanol emergencies.

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