- Author
- Shelley, H.
- Title
- Storage Tank Fires: Is Your Department Prepared?
- Coporate
- Maryland Univ., College Park
- Journal
- Fire Engineering, Vol. 161, No. 11, 63-64,66-68,70-72,74-78, November 2008
- Keywords
- storage tanks | tank fires | fire departments | fire fighting | flammable liquids | combustible liquids | roofs | scenarios | vents | seals | liquid fires | boilover | planning | training | storage life | fire drills | 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