Introducing of a Method for Assessment of Difficulty of Firefighting Operation for Full Surface Atmospheric Storage Tanks Fires

Atmospheric tank fire incidents demand a considerable amount of logistics and planning support and serious response operation. Tank fire incidents challenge response teams and usually are difficult to manage. Some organizations have several atmospheric tanks, and they need to select the worse scenar...

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Published in:Journal of failure analysis and prevention 2022-06, Vol.22 (3), p.1293-1307
Main Authors: Azizinejad, Mahsa, Aliabadi, Mostafa Mirzaei, Kalatpour, Omid
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analytic hierarchy process
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Chemistry and Materials Science
Classical Mechanics
Corrosion and Coatings
Fire fighting
Logistics
Materials Science
Quality Control
Reliability
Safety and Risk
Solid Mechanics
Storage tanks
Teams
Technical Article > -Peer-Reviewed
Tribology
Weighing
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Summary:Atmospheric tank fire incidents demand a considerable amount of logistics and planning support and serious response operation. Tank fire incidents challenge response teams and usually are difficult to manage. Some organizations have several atmospheric tanks, and they need to select the worse scenarios to pre-plan. Therefore, it is necessary to develop some tools to select the most difficult tanks fires scenarios. First, the factors affecting the firefighting operation of atmospheric tanks were identified through reviewing available scientific sources, and then, these factors were divided into four groups: tank-related, response team-related, tank peripheral, and logistic factors. Then, the selected factors were finalized with the opinion of experts and weighed by Chang’s Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (Fuzzy AHP) method. The results of the study showed that among the influential factors in tank fire extinguishing management, “pre-incident planning (PIP)” (weighing 0.14551), “use of incident command system structure in response” (weighing 0.14549), “distance to adjacent tanks and facilities (domino potential)” (weighing 0.14451), “knowledge and experience” (weighing 0.14371), and “bund wall standard and integrity” (0.1443) have the most impact, respectively.
ISSN:1547-7029
1728-5674
1864-1245
DOI:10.1007/s11668-022-01411-y