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Thank you to all who participated in the conference.
Hugh Billings of Oxea Chemicals, Mark Cummins of CAFSCO and Les Powell of Westlake Vinyls took top honors at award ceremonies conducted during the 25th annual Industrial Fire World Emergency Responder Conference & Expo held in February in Baton Rouge, LA. Read More »
Article published in The Advocate about the keynote speaker at the conference View Article»
Purge Problems
BY ANTON RIECHER
The accidental overfilling of a gasoline storage tank is the suspected cause of a vapor cloud explosion and fire in October that simultaneously ignited 17 storage tanks at a fuel terminal near San Juan Harbor in Puerto Rico.
COVER SHOT: A gas purge at a Middletown, Connecticut, natural gas power plant moments before an explosion destroyed the facility and killed six people.
Photo: Courtesy of CSB
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TEEX FIRE DIRECTOR BARRETT DIES AT 57
Pat Barrett, director of the Texas Engineering Extension Service, died Saturday, April 3, three days after suddenly being taken ill and collapsing. For updated information on services, visit the TEEX website
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Ethanol Emergency Response Coalition
The EERC have jointly produced a video documenting Ethanol Firefighting Foam test results.
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