Following an explosive or flammable related incident industrial facilities can find themselves unable to apply a full fire response as they may have lost vital response assets in the incident, or find themselves incapable of maintaining vital resources due to the initial or lingering impact of the episode thereby impairing site operability.
Headquartered in the Gulf South, we have also played a key role with industry following major hurricanes to maintain incident command, offer logistical support, and in many cases to provide heavy equipment for both emergency response and business continuity operations such as sustaining colling water to the facility for process operations.
With onsite assets including large volume pumps, ThunderStorm® foam stores, miles of hose, a myriad of end of line devices, and of course experienced personnel to support multiple response operations Williams Fire & Hazard Control is prepared as your greatest ally in the event of a catastrophic emergency.
It is important to recognize the flammable characteristics inside a floating roof tank. Essentially two potential circumstances lie in wait ...
Under normal conditions, the vapor space within the tank is too rich to burn and will remain dormant with proper vapor exchange via the tank venting system.
However, it has been our experience that given the right conditions this rich vapor will lean out due to any given set of circumstances such as failure of tank venting systems, low-pressure exterior atmospheric conditions, or an abnormal breach in the tank structure.
Even in extreme situations, if ignition does occur at the vents the interior space of the tank MAY remain too rich to burn and a surface fire within the tank will be avoided.
HOWEVER, several incidents Williams Fire & Hazard Control has reponded to domestically and internationally have been due to an adequate open-air exchange leaning out the interior vapor space whereby a fire source at the vent flashes back insde the tank resulting in a devastating combustion of the residual gases.
Our experience is that an internal foam application resulting in a rich foam blanket will reduce vapor yield within the tank, and will inhibit any potential surface fire resulting from secondary ignition sources as outlined above.
MOST NOTABLE: Our Dual-Agent chamber - a COMPLIANCE+ product - follows the foam application with an abundant dry-chemical surge that overwhelms any residual vapor inside the tank, extinguishes the fire at the vents, and prohibits a potential explosve flashback event.
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PG&E City Dump Site September 1984 - California - Fire; Extinguished 27 Acre Underground Landfill Fire and Stabilized, 3M FX 9161 & 9162 and Proprietary Methodology.
PJP June 1985 - April 1986 - Newark, New Jersey - Fire; 80 Acre Subterranean Landfill Fire in Toxic Waste Site. Extinguished Fire and Stabilized with 3M FX 9161 and 9162. Provided fire protection and vapor control during remediation.
Hudson County Park September 1986 - Jersey City, New Jersey - Fire; Extinguished Subterranean Landfill Fire: 3M FX 9162.
Spring Creek Fire June 1989 - Gateway National Park, Queens, New York - Fire; Extinguished Subterranean Landfill Fire on 3 Acres: 3M FX 9162.
City of North Miami May 1990 - North Miami, Florida - Fire; Extinguished Landfill Fire at Abandoned Landfill: 3M FX 9162.
City of New Britain July 1990 - New Britain, Connecticut - Fire; Extinguished Subterranean Landfill Fire at an Active Landfill: 3M FX 9162.
Suzannaburg August thru September 1992 - St. Johns, U. S. Virgin Islands - Fire; Extinguished Subterranean Landfill Fire at Inactive Landfill. 3M FX 9162.
Klapperthall Junction Site October thru December 1992 - Reading, Pennsylvania - Extinguished Subterranean Landfill Fire Involving Coal, Coal Fines, Coal Tailings, and Rail Road Ties: 3M FX 9162.
City of Victoria August 31, 1997 - Victoria, Texas - Extinguished four acres of Landfill Compost at Bluff Street Brush Site: 3M ATC.
Environmental Quality Management, Inc. January 20- February 11, 2003 – Fresno, CA -Fire Suppression and Emission Control Services-Archie GOH Debris& Landfill Fire Site – C&D Debris Fire, ThunderStorm™ 1X3 Foam.
Monroe County Solid Waste Management District January 25-27, 2004 – Bloomington, IN – Provided technical assistance, which included an extinguishments plan for a subterranean Landfill fire. Used Ansul 1% Silvex Foam Concentrate.
Saufley Land Field
February 10, 2006 – Pensacola, FL –Provide technical assistance, technicians, DependaPower pumps, ThunderStorm 1x3™ and equipment to extinguish landfill fire.
Helotes Texas
January 9, 2007- Provide technical assistance, equipment, expertise, and manpower to assist Oil Mop LLC with extinguishment of 170,000 cubic yards of mulch ignited on Christmas Eve 06.
Virgin Islands Waste Management
January 9th, 2009- Provided technical assistance, equipment, expertise, and manpower to assist VIWMA with extinguishment of Anguilla Landfill fire on the island of St. Croix.