- Author
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Shelley, H.
- Title
- Storage Tank Fires: Is Your Department Prepared?
- Coporate
- Maryland Univ., College Park
- Journal
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Fire Engineering,
Vol. 161,
No. 11,
63-64,66-68,70-72,74-78,
November 2008
- Keywords
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storage tanks
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tank fires
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fire departments
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fire fighting
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flammable liquids
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combustible liquids
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roofs
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scenarios
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vents
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seals
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liquid fires
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boilover
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planning
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training
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storage life
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fire drills
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storage stability
- Identifiers
- fixed-roof tanks; internal (covered) floating roof tanks; open-top (external) floating roof tanks; domed external floating roof tanks; common respons scenarios; preincident response planning; "COAL TWAS WEALTHS" (15-point size-up acronym); response condiserations; slopover, frothover and boilover; additional response and operational conditions