The word oil is something very familiar, right? We are all used to thinking about the gusher and the pet name for oil workers is "rough neck." Oil is not a nice thing. It isn't even a nice thing when it is refined and used for gasoline.
OIL IS A CHEMICAL COMPOUND comprised of lots of other chemicals including sulfur. Sulfur is very dangerous to a human being.
The Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act apply to railroad cars that spill and/or burn oil. Under these laws as well as OSHA and POSHA laws which protect employees of railroads and fire companies as well as toxic clean up companies demands safety procedures and IMMEDIATE CLEAN UP.
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Exposure to crude oil may irritate the eyes, (click here) skin, and respiratory system. It may cause dizziness, rapid heart rate, headaches, confusion, and anemia. Prolonged skin contact with crude oil may cause skin reddening, edema, and burning of the skin.
When crude oil is burned, either accidentally or as a spill control measure, it emits chemicals that affect human health. These chemicals include carbon dioxide,carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, sulfur dioxide , and volatile organic compounds.
If you are exposed to burning crude oil, you may be exposed to high levels of particulate matter and may experience the health effects of particulate matter.
Exposure to burning crude oil may harm the passages of the nose, airways, and lungs. It may cause shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, coughing, itching, red or watery eyes, and black mucous.
Handling tarballs may cause an allergic skin reaction or skin rashes....
Well, lookey thar. It is a military issue FIRE FOAM TRUCK.
OIL IS A CHEMICAL COMPOUND comprised of lots of other chemicals including sulfur. Sulfur is very dangerous to a human being.
The Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act apply to railroad cars that spill and/or burn oil. Under these laws as well as OSHA and POSHA laws which protect employees of railroads and fire companies as well as toxic clean up companies demands safety procedures and IMMEDIATE CLEAN UP.
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Exposure to crude oil may irritate the eyes, (click here) skin, and respiratory system. It may cause dizziness, rapid heart rate, headaches, confusion, and anemia. Prolonged skin contact with crude oil may cause skin reddening, edema, and burning of the skin.
When crude oil is burned, either accidentally or as a spill control measure, it emits chemicals that affect human health. These chemicals include carbon dioxide,carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, sulfur dioxide , and volatile organic compounds.
If you are exposed to burning crude oil, you may be exposed to high levels of particulate matter and may experience the health effects of particulate matter.
Exposure to burning crude oil may harm the passages of the nose, airways, and lungs. It may cause shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, coughing, itching, red or watery eyes, and black mucous.
Handling tarballs may cause an allergic skin reaction or skin rashes....
Well, lookey thar. It is a military issue FIRE FOAM TRUCK.
Gregory Farris of the 71st Transportation Battalion (click here) took this shot as he was passing the Long Binh fire station and saw this massive display of foam. The truck producing the Hi-X foam appears to be the same one seen in a 1971 front view photo (60K JPEG) in Fire Trucks at War.
Long Binh FD also built an astonishing custom foam rig based on an M-113 armored personnel carrier (100K JPEG), and equipped with 900 gallons of water, 110 gals of protein foam, and 200 gals of Hi-X foam.
The point is fire-foam trucks have been in use a very long time. There is no excuse for oil fires to burn until they are extinguished. The Clean Air Act, The Clean Water Act if it applies (I don't know when it wouldn't.) and the OSHA and POSHA laws demand oil fire extinguishing ASAP.
These are NOT wild fires. The local authorities, like a Mayor and Council or the County Freeholders need to petition the state for Fire Foam Trucks. If cites, towns and villages can obtain Humvees and MRAPs, there is no excuse for not having a fire foam truck in every town and city along a railroad where oil cars travel. That goes for Canada, too.
Ask the USA military, Canada's trusted ally, for Army Surplus or how to obtain one or more without it costing the entire Canadian treasury.
Fire Foam Trucks smother fires. The foam will need a clean up methodology after the fire is out. Water will only wash the chemicals within the foam into ground water or worse.
Otis Air Force Base / Joint Base Cape Cod || >>(click here)
Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod
Otis Air National Guard Base - Mass Military Reservation
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
No excuses.
The new Otis Fire Headquarters built in 2007. This resulted in closing of old crash station and Station 2 (formerly Sta.4)
End of discussion.
The point is fire-foam trucks have been in use a very long time. There is no excuse for oil fires to burn until they are extinguished. The Clean Air Act, The Clean Water Act if it applies (I don't know when it wouldn't.) and the OSHA and POSHA laws demand oil fire extinguishing ASAP.
These are NOT wild fires. The local authorities, like a Mayor and Council or the County Freeholders need to petition the state for Fire Foam Trucks. If cites, towns and villages can obtain Humvees and MRAPs, there is no excuse for not having a fire foam truck in every town and city along a railroad where oil cars travel. That goes for Canada, too.
Ask the USA military, Canada's trusted ally, for Army Surplus or how to obtain one or more without it costing the entire Canadian treasury.
Fire Foam Trucks smother fires. The foam will need a clean up methodology after the fire is out. Water will only wash the chemicals within the foam into ground water or worse.
Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod
Otis Air National Guard Base - Mass Military Reservation
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
No excuses.
The new Otis Fire Headquarters built in 2007. This resulted in closing of old crash station and Station 2 (formerly Sta.4)
End of discussion.
