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Prevent heat transfer to flammable liquid

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Strategic actions

Refer to the responsibilities of fire and rescue services.

Tactical actions

Incident commanders should:

Consider applying foam to a flammable liquid surface fire to limit heat transfer
Consider boundary cooling containers of a flammable liquid to limit heat transfer
Monitor tank contents using thermal imaging equipment

TRAINING SPECIFICATION

Knowledge and understanding

Control measure element

Learning outcome

Prevent heat transfer to flammable liquid

Understand:

Why a boil-over may occur
How a boil-over may occur
Tactics to monitor and prevent boil-overs

NOS knowledge and understanding

You need to know and understand:
Health and safety 2976
K Safe working practices of your organisation K Hazards and risks relating to hazardous materials and decontamination affecting people and the environment K Your organisation's control measures to mitigate risk K Personal protective and operational equipment used in fires and other operational incidents, their capabilities, limitations and safe use K How to select personal protective and operational equipment appropriate to the hazardous materials incidents K How to apply methods and techniques for controlling and containing hazardous materials
Health and safety
K 1 Safe working practices of your organisation K 2 Hazards and risks relating to hazardous materials and decontamination affecting people and the environment K 5 Your organisation's control measures to mitigate risk
Technical
K 15 Personal protective and operational equipment used in fires and other operational incidents, their capabilities, limitations and safe use K 16 How to select personal protective and operational equipment appropriate to the hazardous materials incidents K 23 How to apply methods and techniques for controlling and containing hazardous materials
You need to know and understand - TO BE ARCHIVED 2816
K Factors affecting personnel welfare during fire and rescue response K Safe working practices of your organisation when responding to fire and rescue incidents K Hazards and risks of fire and rescue incidents affecting people, property and the environment K Your organisation's control measures to mitigate risk K How to access and use different sources of information relevant to fire and rescue incidents within your area of expertise K How to formulate tactical plans within your area of expertise K Resources available to respond to fire and rescue incidents K Suppression tactics and methods, their safe use and their impact on controlling fire and rescue incidents
Health and safety
K 2 Factors affecting personnel welfare during fire and rescue response K 3 Safe working practices of your organisation when responding to fire and rescue incidents K 4 Hazards and risks of fire and rescue incidents affecting people, property and the environment K 7 Your organisation's control measures to mitigate risk
Technical
K 18 How to access and use different sources of information relevant to fire and rescue incidents within your area of expertise K 19 How to formulate tactical plans within your area of expertise K 20 Resources available to respond to fire and rescue incidents K 22 Suppression tactics and methods, their safe use and their impact on controlling fire and rescue incidents

Practical application

Control measure element

Learning outcome

Prevent heat transfer to flammable liquid

Demonstrate the ability to:

Interpret hazard information to determine a suitable method of limiting heat transfer to flammable liquid
Select and use thermal imaging equipment to monitor flammable liquid storage tanks

NOS performance criteria

You must be able to:
You must be able to - TO BE ARCHIVED 2947
P Select equipment which can be safely used to minimise effects of hazardous materials in line with your organisation's guidelines P Operate equipment in line with its limitations, safety and operating instructions P Identify risks affecting your tasks and duties in line with your organisation's risk assessment procedures P Use appropriate control measures to mitigate risk in line with your organisation's procedures P Use agreed methods and techniques to minimise the impact of risk from hazardous materials in line with your allocated tasks and duties at an incident P Work in ways that keep yourself, others, property and the environment safe and free from harm
Minimise damage to the environment from hazardous materials
P 2 Select equipment which can be safely used to minimise effects of hazardous materials in line with your organisation's guidelines P 3 Operate equipment in line with its limitations, safety and operating instructions P 4 Identify risks affecting your tasks and duties in line with your organisation's risk assessment procedures P 5 Use appropriate control measures to mitigate risk in line with your organisation's procedures P 7 Use agreed methods and techniques to minimise the impact of risk from hazardous materials in line with your allocated tasks and duties at an incident P 8 Work in ways that keep yourself, others, property and the environment safe and free from harm
Provide special advice to control fire and rescue incidents
P 3 Identify control measures to reduce fire and rescue risks in line with risk assessment processes P 6 Formulate safe tactical plans for incidents in your area of expertise in line with your organisation's requirements P 8 Identify tactics which allow effective control methods in line with your organisation's requirements P 9 Monitor and review tactical plans on a continuous basis in line with organisation's procedures

Hazard
Slop-over and boil-over
Control measure
Cordon control: Boil-over