Williams Fire & Hazard Control Technical & Response Case Studies

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Beyond Mutual Aid
Banded together as a localized Mutual Aid Organization, the HIRED GUN GANG is a collective effort amongst Gulf South facilities to collaborate on lessons learned, participate in group training exercises, and to share response resources aimed at protecting some of the largest and most productive industrial assets in the world.

Hired Gun Gang, Beyond Mutual Aid

Boilovers — The Sleeping Giant
The PDF and video linked here offer a technical overview at the dynamics occurring within a tank during a crude oil fire which lead to eventual Boilover of the product.

Boilover Technical Study

BOILOVER VIDEO

Borax Mine
Williams Fire & Hazard Control pumps offer the power to feed massive industrial fire response efforts, as well as to carry 14,000,000 gallons of water 700 feet vertically to return an inundated Borax mine in California to operability.

Borax Mine Case Study
Buncefield
Williams Fire & Hazard Control's Kalvin Hardingham (Retired) was on hand to collaborate on fire response efforts during this historic multi-target facility incident in the U.K.

Buncefield Case Study

Aim High!
Coker units in process areas present challenging exposures for fire response due to their elevated work zones. Williams Fire & Hazard Control pumps and guns offer the reach necessary for effective personnel protection and fire response in these unique process areas.

Coker Unit Response Capabilities

Cold Weather Reponse
An interesting look into the challenges extreme weather can throw at a fire response.

Cold Weather Response
Enbridge
When an Oklahoma Crude Tank is threatened, Williams Fire & Hazard Control takes a unique approach in using the content to extinguish the fire.

Enbridge Case Study

Glenpool Tease
When an open floating roof tank is blown upward landing back into the tank, skillful TYPE III applications are the key to overcoming this problematic fire.

Glenpool Tank Response
- Greensboro Training
  With a real tank incident in their future, this tactical training exercise in hindsight is a shining example of how true hands on training can make a real impact on the success of a response unit.
  
  Greensboro Training
- Guatemala Internal Floating Roof Response
  Perhaps one of the most challenging tank scenarios, a closed internal floating roof tank presents daunting obstacles due both the structural makeup of the tank and the internal flammable characteristics of the vapor content found within.
  
  Guatemala Internal Floating Roof Case Study
  
  Internal Floating Roof Flammable Dynamics Study
- Kern County
  More and more Williams Fire & Hazard Control is working hand in hand with municipal departments to offer equipment and training to provide mutual aid support to their local industry and for effective independent response to industrial assets in outlying rural areas.
  
  Kern County Project
- Mexico
  Offsite command support and regional personnel become vital factors in response efforts in this dramatic Mexico incident.
  
  Mexico Case Study
- Pennsylvania Pipeline
  Effective flammable liquids, gases, and pressure fed incident response capabilities in rural settings are an important skillset for today's municipal department.
  
  PA Pipeline Response
- Elevated Approach to Dock Protection
  Williams was called upon to collaborate with a major gulf coast refinery during consultation and planning to protect a series of new state of the art dock facilities. This project would cover 4 new docks, ramps, and access ways with the work spanning a 3-year period.
  
  Systems: Dock Protection

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RESPONSE SERVICES

LAND RESPONSE SERVICES

Williams Fire & Hazard Control deploys men and materiel to all corners of the globe to respond as full incident command or in support to local efforts.

Land Response services include (but are not limited to) storage tanks (seal fires, sunken roof, fully involved tank fires, etc), loading terminals, process area fires, tire fires, subterranean fires, toxic chemical fires ...

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MARINE RESPONSE SERVICES

Williams Fire & Hazard Control deploys specialized equipment to inland and at sea incidents involving hazardous cargo emergencies, shipboard fires, bulk transportation, barges and more.

Working in conjunction with our response alliances and water borne govering bodies, Williams Fire & Hazard Control has applied mixed use of foam applications and dry chemical tactics to address some of the most hazardous waterway incidents in written history.

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BUSINESS CONTINUITY

Williams Fire & Hazard Control's large volume pumps have helped tremendously in the wake of recent years' weather related emergencies in the Gulf South ... sustaining necessary water resources for entire facilities to the magnitude of 200,000 gallons of water a minute in 2008!

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We have placed several Williams Fire & Hazard Control videos covering incident samples, product demos, and from our annual XTREME Industrial Fire & Hazard Training on the OFFICIAL "THE WilliamsFire" YouTube space. More videos will be added to our website AND to our YouTube space over time ...

Beyond Mutual Aid

Boilovers — The Sleeping Giant

Borax Mine

Buncefield

Aim High!

Cold Weather Reponse

Enbridge

Glenpool Tease

Greensboro Training

Guatemala Internal Floating Roof Response

Kern County

Mexico

Pennsylvania Pipeline

Elevated Approach to Dock Protection

RESPONSE SERVICES

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