Industrial Fire World

Runoff from Fire

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Tests detect benzene in wells

Volume 25 Summer

Application Needs

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Fike expands training facility

Volume 25 Summer

Mock Disaster

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Middle Georgia agencies participate in training drill

Volume 25 Summer

Deadly Anniversary

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

200 die in 1948 German chemical plant explosion

Volume 25 Summer

Core Business

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

MSA reports higher sales on strength in industrial markets

Volume 25 Summer

EPA Challenged

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Texas sues feds to overturn air permit program disapproval

Volume 25 Summer

EPA Challenged

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Texas sues feds to overturn air permit program disapproval

Volume 25 Summer

New CSB Chairman

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

2008 Institute explosion report expected this fall

Volume 25 Summer

Billion Dollar Plan

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Oil spill containment system will better protect Gulf

Volume 25 Summer

Wood River

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Refinery shows off emergency equipment

Volume 25 Summer

Industrial Nanotech

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Company develops extreme high temperature coating for high pressure steam pipeline

Volume 25 Summer

Falling Profits

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

German refinery may permanently close after fire

Volume 25 Summer

E-One Layoffs

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Fire truck maker lays off employees at 3 Florida plants

Volume 25 Summer

Sheepskin Factory Fire

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Utah man arrested in arson case

Volume 25 Summer

Pasadena Revisited

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

IFW Wins Honorable Mention in International Writing Contest

Volume 25 Summer

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Nassar S. Al-Khaldi is an operations technician with SADAF, a company that operates one of the world's largest petrochemical complexes. Located in the Al Jubail industrial zone on Saudi Arabia's eastern coast, the complex produces more than 4.7 million tons of building-block petrochemicals a year.

"You have to take the minimum of safety orientation to be allowed to work inside the chemical facility," Al-Khaldi said. That orientation includes rescue, hazardous materials, fire fighting and first aid. Attending the industrial school was a condition of being promoted from a firefighter to a fire officer, he said.

Both Petrojam and SADAF sent six or more firefighters to attend this year's school. Both companies have been an annual presence at the school for the past three years.

Based considerably closer to Brayton was visitor Jose Santollo, a control room operator for Hexion Specialty Chemicals plant in Ennis, TX, near Dallas. The facility manufactures a variety of thermoset resins used in energy, civil engineering, coatings and construction.

Like Noteman and Al-Khaldi, Santollo was a first-time visitor to Brayton. Although he has served on the plant fire brigade for two years, Santollo said he has only fought training fires - never the real thing.

"The industrial school gives you the chance to understand how it actually feels to do the work," Santollo said. "The instructors are great. They show you how to move and work around the fire."

One of those instructors was William Green, a captain with the Deer Park (TX) Volunteer Fire Department. The department serves a highly industrialized region that includes the Houston Ship Channel. Green is a former industrial firefighter with 35 years experience who retired as a fire chief for DuPont.

Firefighters attending the industrial fire school were the first to get the full benefit of an extensive list of capital improvements at Brayton over the past few years.

"It's a whole lot easier for people to get from one prop to another," Green said. "You don't have to worry about people tripping over rocky surfaces. It enhances the learning experience when you don't have to worry about things like that."

Check out the following links for IFW photos and videos from the 2010 Industrial Fire School:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKlLc1GB9no

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaeLgW0ShW0

http://www.fireworld.com/ifw_articles/TEEXprop.php

http://www.fireworld.com/ifw_articles/propvideo.php

Prop 31 Approved

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Visiting firefighters tackle TEEX live fire prop

Volume 25 Summer

TEEX Industrial School

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Video from the chemical process unit

Volume 25 Summer

2009 Vapor Explosion Report

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Waste industry urged to improve safety standards

Volume 25 Summer

Coke Works Probe

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

CSB joins Clairton, PA, explosion investigation

Volume 25 Summer

Coke Works Probe

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

CSB joins Clairton explosion investigation

Volume 25 Summer

Red Butte Creek

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Company responds regarding Salt Lake City crude leak in June

Volume 25 Summer

Latest Prop

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Nevada FSA adds new fire prop

Volume 25 No. 4

Arson Arrest

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Utah man arrested in Sheepskin Factory fire

Volume 25 Summer

NY Factory Arson

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Police arrest two teens in Amsterdam factory fire

Volume 25 Summer

Ongoing Violations

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

City officials shut down fertilizer plant in Lawrence, KS

Volume 25 Summer

Buncefield's Legacy

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Firms fined over 2005 blast

Volume 3 No. 4

Nevada Fire School

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Fire Science Academy names new director

Volume 25, No. 4

EMT Corner

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Taken straight from the heart

Volume 25 Summer

Green Advantage

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

VESDA ECO detects smoke, combustible and toxic gases to ensure safety and air quality in occupied and unoccupied areas

Volume 25 Summer

CSB Targets Purging Practices

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Board members vote on recommendations

Volume 25 Summer

Risk Assessment

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

When big heat meets cold storage

Volume 25 Summer

Focus on Hazmat

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Need prompts dynamic process

Volume 25 Summer

Fluorotelomer Based Foams

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Are they safe for continued use?

Volume 25 Summer

OSHA Implements Violator Directive

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Severe Violators Enforcement Program now in effect

Volume 25 Summer

Not Quite Human

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Robots converge on Disaster City

Volume 25 Summer

Xtreme Challenge

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Williams F&HC continues a Texas tradition

Volume 25 Summer

Why Is BEST Special?

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Beaumont fire school makes plans for fall event

Volume 25 Summer

Just Yell Fire

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Beaumont plays home to Texas fire museum

Volume 25 Summer

Knowing When To Quit

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Kansas volunteers injured when burning fiberglass storage tank comes apart

Volume 25 Summer

Sanity at Sea Level

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Incident command plays key role in Gulf oil spill recovery

Volume 25 Summer

CSB Probe

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Feds to investigate accident that killed two workers at Monaca, PA

Volume 25 Summer

Victory Wagon

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Huntsman Chemical in Port Neches owns the last fully operational 1943 American LaFrance fire truck out of 11 built that year.

Volume 25 Summer

Corporate Evolution

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Port Neches industrial firefighters adapt to corporate change

Volume 25 Summer

Dave's Notes

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

That's how the cookie crumbles

Volume 25 Summer

Pasadena Revisited

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

IFW Wins Honorable Mention in International Writing Contest

Pasadena Revisited

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

IFW feature places in international writing contest

Fall 2010

Whiting, Indiana - August 27, 1955

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

One summer weekend in 1955, Whiting, Indiana, joined an elite group of American cities -- Texas City, Pasadena and Amarillo in Texas, Baton Rouge in Louisiana, Romeoville in Illinois and Avon and Torrence in California -- as the scene of one of the worst American refinery disaster of the 20th century.

Volume 16 No 2

Finished Product

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Ferrara orders truck into action straight from the assembly line

Volume 25, No. 3

TEEX Industrial Fire School

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

48th annual event draws 533 industrial fire students

Volume 25 Summer