Fire-tactical drills take place at oil refinery in Bukhara
02/05/2021 18:10
Fire-tactical drills take place at oil refinery in Bukhara
02/05/2021 18:10
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- “As a result of violation of fire safety rules, a fire occurred, followed by an explosion of air-vapor mixtures in the tank, where there was a large amount of gasoline.” This terrible incident was in fact only the design of a fire-tactical exercise. An Uzdaily.com correspondent visited a press tour organized by the Bukhara Oil Refinery.
In accordance with the plan, the message about the fire was received by the fire department of the plant. The Bukhara Oil Refinery belongs to the list of high-risk facilities for the storage and processing of petroleum products, the fire was automatically assigned an increased complexity number.
The fire brigade employees had to cope with a difficult task - to extinguish the "conditional fire" and prevent the flame from spreading to neighboring containers. Moreover, the conditions were constantly changing, various restrictions were introduced - all this was necessary in order to bring the situation as close as possible to the real one.
The firefighters were the first to arrive at the incident. They arrived within 4 minutes after the message arrived. By the time the first fire brigades arrived, the administration of the tank farm had already evacuated the personnel to a safe area. The chief of the fire department confirmed the increased number of the fire and ordered to submit fire nozzles to cool the conditionally burning tank. A few minutes later, a guard from a paramilitary fire brigade arrived at the oil depot.
A few more minutes later, reinforcements from fire departments arrived at the oil depot, and a fire fighting headquarters was deployed on the site to coordinate the actions of firefighters.
The representative of the administration reported to the head of extinguishing the fire on the measures taken to evacuate people, as well as on the amount and types of oil products in the burning and neighboring tanks. After receiving the information, all the arriving firefighters were divided into groups. Some were engaged in cooling a conventionally burning tank, others worked to cover neighboring tanks. Another group of firefighters were involved in preparing and conducting a foam attack and protecting personnel.
By this time, special equipment was already working on the territory of the tank farm, among which there were fire-fighting tankers, a ladder and special vehicles and ambulances. At the signal for a foam attack, all fire barrels were directed to the burning tank.
Firefighters "attacked" the conditionally burning gasoline, after which the localization of the fire was announced. It is noteworthy that in the event of a real fire at the oil depot, after the cessation of combustion, the burning tank is cooled until it cools completely.
“One of the main tasks facing the participants in today’s exercise is to organize a clear interdepartmental interaction and timely response in order to prevent the spread of fire to neighboring objects. Such exercises contribute to both the psychological training of fire and rescue personnel and the development of teamwork skills. The result of eliminating a real emergency depends on the coordination of actions,” said Bakhtiyor Mustafoev, chief engineer of the Bukhara oil refinery.
As a result of the exercise, the journalists highly appreciated the course of the training, giving the actions of the fire fighters a high mark of "excellent". Now, in the event of a real fire on the territory of the Bukhara oil refinery, firefighters will work even faster and better.
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