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API RP 2021 : 2001
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MANAGEMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC STORAGE TANK FIRES
Hardcopy , PDF
18-02-2021
English
01-01-2015
1 GENERAL
1.1 Purpose
1.2 Scope
2 REFERENCED PUBLICATIONS
3 DEFINITIONS
4 UNITS OF MEASUREMENT
5 TANK FIRE PREVENTION
6 PLANNING FOR TANK FIRE MANAGEMENT
6.1 General Planning Process
6.2 Incident Management System Planning
6.3 Facility Survey and Hazard Assessment
6.4 Types of Tank Fires and General Suppression
Strategies
6.5 Review Existing Fire Suppression Capability
6.6 Review, Revise or Develop Fire Protection
and Suppression Philosophy
6.7 Tank-Specific Planning
6.8 Fire Suppression Agents
7 PREPARATION FOR TANK FIRE SUPPRESSION
7.1 General Preparation
7.2 Preparation of Incident Management Resources
7.3 Tank-Specific Preparation
7.4 Logistics Preparation for Fire Suppression
7.5 Training
8 IMPLEMENTING THE FIRE SUPPRESSION PROCESS
8.1 General Process for Implementing Fire Suppression
8.2 Notifying and Activating an Incident Response
Organization
8.3 Gathering and Assessing Incident Information
8.4 Developing Incident-Specific Strategy and Tactics
8.5 Resource Assembly and Utilization - Fighting
the Fire
8.6 Ongoing Situation Assessment and Adjustments
8.7 Control or Extinguishment
8.8 Overhaul and Remediation
8.9 Incident Termination
8.10 Critique
9 INVESTIGATION, REPORTING AND FOLLOW-UP
9.1 Investigation
9.2 Reporting
9.3 Follow-up
APPENDIX A - DEFINITION OF TERMS USED IN THIS STANDARD
WHICH ARE IN GENERAL USE IN THE PETROLEUM
INDUSTRY
APPENDIX B - UNITS OF MEASUREMENT
APPENDIX C - INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM (ICS)
APPENDIX D - INCIDENT DOCUMENTATION DATA SHEET
APPENDIX E - TYPES OF STORAGE TANKS
APPENDIX F - FIRE PROTECTION CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO
FLOATING ROOF TYPE AND DESIGN
APPENDIX G - SPECIAL HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH TANK FIRES
APPENDIX H - FIRE SUPPRESSION AGENTS
APPENDIX I - THE POTENTIAL DANGERS OF POURING FOAM ONTO
PETROLEUM
APPENDIX J - FOAM FRICTION LOSS AND BACK-PRESSURE
APPENDIX K - DETERMINING FOAM CONCENTRATE REQUIREMENTS
FOR FULL SURFACE FIRES
APPENDIX L - DETERMINING FOAM CONCENTRATE REQUIREMENTS
FOR SEAL FIRES
APPENDIX M - WATER FLOW THROUGH FIRE HOSES AND PIPES
APPENDIX N - OBSERVATIONS, LESSONS LEARNED AND
'TRICKS OF THE TRADE'
APPENDIX O - PPE FOR PERSONNEL FIGHTING TANK FIRES
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