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Step by Step Photos Showing How to Handle a LPG Railcar On Fire
Sacramento Fire Department responded to a reported LPG railcar on fire...
This recent incident was photo documented by the Sacramento Bee newspaper with the link provided below. You can learn a lot from this incident and using photographs to see how the Lincoln Fire Department handled this is a great learning tool for all.
Firefighters spray water on a railroad tanker leaking propane in Lincoln on Wednesday, August 24, 2011. Authorities evacuated the neighborhood for a half-mile radius as a precaution against the possibility of an explosion.
Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/08/23/3856872/propane-fire-threatens-lin...
Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/08/23/3856872/propane-fire-threatens-lin...
Not sure how to handle this type of incident?
Remember, it's scary to arrive on scene with this type of an incident, especially if you have limited resources. When you are confronted with any incident, just remember SCARIE-PMS. The incident is scary and dealing with the wrath of my daughters and sometimes my wife is even scarier... Especially if the initials PMS mean anything to you. Anyway, it's all scary and this is how I would recommend dealing with it.
1. Remember the acronym SCARIE-PMS
2. Remember what is stands for... :D
S - Size Up
C - Establish Command
A - Ask for Assistance
R - Determine if a Rescue is Needed
I - Isolate the Incident from Others
E - Evacuate or Shelter in Place
and if safe to do so...
P - Find a Person Responsible to Help You
M - Material ID (from a distance using binoculars, uphill, upwind, upgrade)
S - Always keep Safety in Mind
CBz
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Permalink Reply by Roy Walker on
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Well CBz I wouldn`t be involved except as a mutual aid call. Since nobody had offered much up I'LL offer up the few generalised ideas I have and then learn from the critique. I dont have access to the hazardous material guide lines but I would suggest evacuation of one square mile around the site Notification of (in my case Canada transport and ministry of the environment.) next I would call mutual aid and establish a tanker shuttle .Set up unmanned portable monitors and our aerial for deluge operations plus notify our regional haz mat team. Best I can do with my limited experience,I`m sure I`ve forgotten plenty. Oh yeah one last thing approach fromn the sides not the front or rear and get the load manifest from the engineer or brakeman while confiming rail road has been notified'
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Permalink Reply by Ben Waller on
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Mike, The Lincoln Fire Department was first due on this one, not Sacramento.
Chief Whitt and his troops conducted a clinic on how to handle this type of high-risk incident. They also got specialized help, which was a crux move in resolving this one successfully.
As a bonus, Chief Whitt can also be hysterically funny in the right setting.
So can Chief Mitch Randles, from Joplin, MO. It's amazing how much talent you run into at the National Fire Academy, and how so many of your classmates show up in the national media handling major incidents later in their careers.
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Permalink Reply by Mike Schlags (Captain Busy) Retd on
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I stand corrected sir, and yes, it's a small world. I had the chance, after attending the NFA to see some of my former classmates on national television handling events later in their careers as you mentioned. Very cool thing to experience. Glad Irene wasn't an impact on Hilton Head... You are kind of... exposed!
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Key Point: Always approach from the sides not the front or rear and get the load manifest from the engineer.
Your right on the money Roy. One thing to keep in mind is that you don't own the railcar. So when in doubt, always make contact with whoever owns and is responsible for the product to get their representatives on scene and informed to enable you to make the best decisions possible. No sense freelancing on any of these hazardous materials incidents. It's always better to get a consensus when it comes time to making final determinations as to how to mitigate the incident. Thanks for being a real firefighter, taking a chance and putting it out there!
and a refresher for those USA folks dealing with any rail emergency...
Railroad Emergency Phone Numbers ...
• BNSF Railway – (800-832-5452), then press 1 – www.bnsf.com
• Canadian National Ry Co – (800-465-9239) – www.cn.ca/ including former ...
• Union Pacific Railroad – 888-UPRR-COP (888-877-7267) – www.uprr.com/she
Click here for Railroad Emergency Contact Information
(Last updated October 2010)
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