Nice relationship between BP and UTX.
"You start 'em and we'll put 'em out!"
I can see it now down at the Long Beach Fire dept.
"Hey Chief! The Coast Guard says that lng cloud is comin' our way and it's 5 miles long!"
Chief, "Lemme check page 39 and I'll get back to you."
OXFORDSHIRE, U.K., June 12, 2006 ? Angus Fire announced today that BP, one of the world’s largest energy companies, will feature Angus’ specialist fire fighting foam equipment in a new booklet on extinguishing liquefied natural gas (LNG) fires. Angus Fire is part of UTC Fire & Security.
The booklet, titled “LNG Fire Protection & Emergency Response,” is set to become the industry standard on LNG spill and fire protection. It explains the dangers of LNG as well as the special fire hazard management and emergency response measures required in the event of an LNG fire.
“Until now the only fire test data available on LNG has been based on outdated storage and handling techniques,” said Mike Willson, product manager for Angus Fire. “This new booklet describes modern solutions for realistic operating conditions, and is all the more important because global demand for LNG as an energy resource is growing rapidly.”
The booklet’s recommendations are based on extensive testing of the effectiveness of different types of foams and application techniques in a range of realistic LNG emergency scenarios. The tests were carried out at the new LNG testing and training facility developed and sponsored by BP in collaboration with the Emergency Services Training Institute at Texas A&M University.
The booklet describes how a good quality high expansion foam applied at a controlled rate and expansion ratio is highly effective in reducing vapor levels at LNG spills and in achieving rapid and dramatic reductions in the heat emissions of LNG fires.
Only specialist high expansion foam generators and foam concentrates that have been proven to withstand the intense heat of LNG fires should be used, such as the Angus Fire LNG Turbex generator and Expandol foam that are both featured in the booklet.
Company experts recently addressed the LNG Technical Committee at the National Fire Protection Association World Safety Conference in Orlando and the Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators (SIGTTO) AGM in Athens. SIGTTO is the world’s leading LNG safety organization and represents virtually the entire world’s LNG tanker and terminal operators.
Angus Fire is also co-operating with Resource Protection International, the independent fire protection consultancy appointed by BP Group Technology to prepare the new booklet, in establishing a new LNG fire training program for SIGTTO in Europe.
The new booklet is the seventh in the BP Fire Booklet Series (“blue books”) and is available from BP International.
Angus Fire is a global fire fighting technology company. It manufactures fire hose, foam and fire equipment at Bentham, North Yorkshire, and provides product sales and customer support from Thame, near Oxford. Angus Fire is a UTC Fire & Security Company, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), which provides fire safety and security solutions to more than one million customers around the world. UTC Fire & Security is headquartered in Connecticut, USA. |
