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Workshop: Rapid Intervention For Industrial Fires
2/2/2010 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
No Charge, Sponsored by Martin Apparatus Inc. and Oshkosh Corp.
Pierce Manufacturing and Oshkosh Corp. have developed a versatile Rapid Intervention Vehicle (RIV) to maximize initial attack capabilities, provide quick response, and most importantly, introduce the latest in firefighting technology. This workshop will provide an overview of the new QuadAgent Technology and demonstrate how it can attack most types of fire with quick suppression. QuadAgent allows firefighters to easily and quickly select any combination of four agents—water/foam, CAFS, dry chemical, and clean agent—to disburse the best firefighting solution right from the nozzle.
“The Stinger Q4 Rapid Intervention Vehicle is an outstanding example of Pierce and Oshkosh Airport Products sharing technology to engineer innovative solutions for the fire service,” said Wilson Jones, Oshkosh Corp. executive vice president and president, Fire & Emergency.
Applications:
- Industrial/Hazmat
- Petroleum Fires
- EMS/Rescue/Command
- Municipal/Structural/Parking Structures
- Airport
- Brush Fires
Instructors:
Allen Huelsebusch, Sales Representative, Martin Apparatus Inc.
Steve Schwartz, Oshkosh Truck ARFF Equipment Product Manager, Oshkosh Corp.
Blair Schrock, Pierce Manufacturing
Jim Parker, Pierce Manufacturing
Workshop: Combustible Dust Hazards—Identifying, Evaluating, and Controlling the Risk
2/2/2010 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Registration Fee: $300; Lunch is included
With the OSHA combustible dust rulemaking in progress in addition to the targeted enforcement and inspection activities of the OSHA combustible dust National Emphasis Program (NEP), it is imperative that stakeholders obtain an understanding of the fire and explosion hazards associated with combustible dust in the workplace. This could reduce the potential of costly OSHA citations and minimize the risk of workplace fatalities and injuries.
The workshop will include discussions on managing risks to minimize the probability and reduce the severity of combustible dust fires and explosions. This will serve to ensure that life safety, structural integrity, and mission continuity of the facility is not breached. Topics will include the importance of hazard communication in identifying and evaluating process materials, situations, and conditions in which ignition sources and fuel sources are constantly present in the manufacturing process.
There are many aspects of managing risk in the potentially explosive atmospheres of combustible dust. These include inherent safety principles, best engineering practices, administrative controls, and personnel protection equipment. This workshop will cover all of these topics. Active participation of attendees is encouraged. Combustible dust explosions are propagating explosions like vapor cloud explosions (VCE), where many layers of protection are similar to those outlined in the OSHA Process Safety Management standard.
An important element of the workshop will include discussion of control measures in managing the risk as outlined in the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) combustible dust standards. Attendees will receive a copy of NFPA 654, which will be utilized throughout the workshop in discussions concerning best engineering practices and administrative controls.
At the conclusion of the workshop, participants will acquire the basic information needed to minimize regulatory liability. Additionally, they will understand how to identify, evaluate, and control the risk from combustible dust–related fires and explosions in the industrial workplace.
Who should attend: Owners, operators, chemical engineers, mechanical engineers, process engineers/scientists, fire protection engineers, municipal firefighters, industrial fire brigades, regulatory agencies, municipal fire districts, emergency response teams, and emergency management departments.
Chair: John Astad, Combustible Dust Policy Institute
CoChair: Justin Clift, Industrial Market Specialist, Hazard Control Technologies
Moderator: Albert Condello III, Professor - Safety Management & Fire Protection Engineering, University of Houston Downtown
Speakers:
Bruce Gordon, Senior District Manager, Nilfisk CFM
Joe Wintsch, Director of Sales, Nilfisk CFM
Timothy Anderson, Allfeed Processing and Packaging Inc.
Robert Zuiderveld, General Manager, PYROBAN Corp.
Workshop: ICS 400
2/2/2010 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
2/3/2010 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Registration fee is $50, lunch is included on Tuesday.
The FEMA/NFA/NWCG/USDA “ICS-400: Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, Complex Incidents and MACS for Operational First Responders (H-467)” course, is a 12-hour (1½-day) advanced-level Incident Command System (ICS-400) course. The target audience for this course includes senior personnel from all response agencies who are expected to perform in a management capacity at a major (Type 3 and above) incident or event. This includes individuals who may serve as Incident Commander (or as members of a Unified Command), or the Command or General Staff, Area Command, or multi-agency coordination entity/Emergency Operations Center (EOC) management, who have all received NIMS/ICS training up to, and including, the intermediate (ICS-300) level, previously.
The course is designed for up to approximately 30 students per class and utilizes scenarios and application exercises to highlight key issues and facilitate discussion.
The course objectives are as follows:
- Explain how major incidents pose special management challenges.
- Describe the circumstances in which an Area Command is established.
- Describe the circumstances in which multiagency coordination systems are established.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of intermediate-level Incident Command System (ICS-300), or equivalent, training.
Instructor: Allen Portman, Emergency Management Planner, Office of Emergency Management, City of Houston |
