Fire Pre-Plans

Developing plans for response to credible fire events is an important emergency planning element. Different fire events require different responses. Complete extinguishment is the appropriate approach for some events. For others, the optimum approach may be to cool adjacent structures until the source of the fuel can be isolated or until the fuel is depleted. Still others may require that firefighters secure perimeter areas and allow the fire to burn itself out. 

Factors that enter into the development of fire pre-plans include safety of firefighting personnel environmental, regulatory and community consequences of allowing a fire to burn itself out and costs and availability in having firefighting personnel standing by while a fire is burning itself out. 

The term fire pre-planning describes the actual process of developing fire response tactics for emergency response personnel as well as the actions taken by operations. A fire pre-plan provides emergency fire responders an inventory of essential information necessary for developing tactical response at the onset 

If the emergency response plan calls for use of outside response teams, community, or mutual aid, the fire pre-plans should be reviewed with them. 

Once the fire pre-plans are finalized, they should become the subject of training and drills. 

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Walk-through drill The purpose of a walk-through drill is to familiarize the fire brigade with the different units, physical hazards associated with the units, overview of fire pre-plan and location of fixed fire suppression equipment. 6-12 months... 

A Category 2 incident is one elearly reeognizable from the outset as beyond the eapability of the forees to hand. The emergeney serviees should be informed immediately of the magnitude of the ineident and the speeifie loeation. The resourees sent in response, e.g. the number of fire applianees, ambulanees, poliee, need to be predetermined by good pre-planning. 

Contingency Plan A pre-planned document presenting an organized and coordinated plan of action to limit potential pollution in case of fire, explosion or discharge of hazardous materials which defines specific responsibilities and tasks. 

In any radiological incident or emergency, the main aim must be to minimise exposures and the spread of contamination. Pre-planning against possible incidents is essential and suitable first-aid facilities should be provided. Where significant quantities of radioactive substances are to be kept, procedures for dealing with fires should be discussed in advance with the local fire service. 

NFPA 1620 Recommended Practice for Pre-Incident Planning, 1998 edition. National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA. 

Pre-incident planning, coordination, and notification procedures with outside parties as required by 29 CFR 1910.120. (Start with your local fire department—it may have more expertise than you are aware of)... 

The Hindenburg was designed to be filled with helium, a safer gas than the highly flammable hydrogen. But in those pre-World War II days, the United States suspected that Germany s new leader, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), had military plans for helium-filled ships. So the United States refused to sell helium to the Zeppelin airship company. Seven million cubic feet of hydrogen were used instead. This made the crew very nervous about the potentiai for fire. Passengers were even checked for matches as they boarded ... 

Pre-hospital disaster care in France is controlled by two national response plans, called red (Plan Rouge http //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Plan rouge) and white (Plan Blanc http //www. sante.gouv. fr/htm/actu/3 l 030814b.htm http // en/wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan blanc). The red plan concerns the rescue and evacuation of victims from a disaster site by the fire and rescue service. The plan provides for an overall on-site commander (COS) who controls a fire and rescue and a... 

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Many plants have introduced shutdown safety as a special topic for the pre-outage training of staff. This training should also cover risk during the outage, radiation protection, fire protection, industrial safety emergency planning, radioactive treatment and decontamination. 

A description of the potential hazard and recommended actions to be taken by emergency and firefighting personnel dnring a fire or explosion event for a specific hazard, location, or facility based on previons inspections and surveys of identified hazards. Pre-fire plans note the structural features, physical layout, special hazards, installed protection systems, fire hydrant locations, water supplies, and similar features pertinent to firefighting operations. Pre-fire plans should be routinely updated or revised as changes occur in a facility or location. 

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