4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR FIRE CHIEFS IN THE CHEMICAL

INDUSTRY

Iain CookeTechnical Director

The latest technologies being used by fire-fighters to pre-plan, train, and use in real time emergency

mitigations

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Exploiting spatial systemsin

industrial firefighting

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What are spatial systems (GIS)?

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Some base technologies – A lightning tour

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Are these IT systems more than just a map?

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Your plant / Facility

Satellite/aerial imagery

Gas modelling

Products (Oil, Chemical, Gas)

Site drains / pipelines

Hydrants / Equipment

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Information Visualisation and Decision Support Tools

Planning and Preparation

• Can you see– if you have adequate water?– the risk of escalation / spread?– if hose runs and equipment will be effective?– water management issues?– what scenarios you have planned for?– the environment a plume will cover?

• Spatial systems make it clearer

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Incident Response

When an incident happens…• Can you quickly locate

– information on special risks?– pre-planned information and advice?– hydrants, sumps, drains and their connections?

• Spatial systems make it faster, easier, clearerAND

• Easy to provide to incoming teams

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Planning and Response

Fire Chief

Benefit : Visualise your response when pre-planning

1. See heat contour impact upon plant2. Position response equipment3. Measure hose runsLevel within company

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4. Place booster pumps

Benefit : Tools to speed scenario planning

5. Measure the tank footprint6. Calculate foam requirementLevel within company

Fire Chief

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Benefit : Tools to speed scenario planning

7. Calculate bund / dyke capacityLevel within company

Fire Chief

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Benefit : Incident location provides access to plans

7. Retrieve pre authored pre-plan documentLevel within company

Fire Chief

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Fire Chief

Benefit : Quick and easy correlation with environment

9. Model gas dispersion to determine impact Level within company

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Away from the heat…

• Access data of many sites over the web• See incidents and history• See status of tanks and product

• Information for decision making in the wider context

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Understanding the big picture

Regional Crisis Manager

Benefit : Calculate the cost of a Tank fire

1. View data for more than one facility2. See live Storage Tank volume dataLevel within company

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Cost of Foam per litre ($)

No .of Litres required

Sub total ($) Cost of effluent disposal ($)

No. of Litres Sub Total ($)

6.00 100,000 600,000 2.08 150,000 312,000Total Cost $912,000

Value of Product per litre ($)

No .of Litres in Storage Tank

Sub total ($) Cost of replacing assets

Cost of public opinion

Sub Total ($)

1.12 3030m3 x 1198 = 3631636

4,067,433 1560,000 1,200,000 2,760,000

Total Cost $6,827,433

$6,827,433 - $912,000 = $5,915,433 Confirm fight the fire

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Regional Crisis Manager Example COST ANALYSIS OF 10HR FIRE

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Cost of Foam per litre ($)

No .of Litres required

Sub total ($) Cost of effluent disposal ($)

No. of Litres Sub Total ($)

6.00 786,000 4,716,000 2.08 68,000,000 141,440,000Total Cost $146.15 MILLION

Value of Product per litre ($)

No .of Litres in Storage Tank

Sub total ($) Cost of replacing assets

Cost of public opinion

Sub Total ($)

1.12 45000 m3 x 1198 = 52 MILLION LITRES

60,379,000 60,000,000 ESTIMATED

20,000,000 80,000,000

Total Cost $140.4 MILLION

$146.15M - $140.4M =

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Regional Crisis Manager Example COST ANALYSIS OF 84HR FIRE (BUNCEFIELD)

-$5,750,000

Conclusion

• A different and powerful way of managing information

• “Maps” are a very intuitive paradigm• Big potential, lots of possibilities

But…

• The system won’t create the information!

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Questions?

For further information:

www.tadpoletechnology.com/gsdwww.door-way.com

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