AUC 149 BUCKEYE PIPELINE

Question 0

Patrol of the pipeline by units may be

Answer 0

• On foot or by apparatus

* Conducted by 2 HT equipped firefighters

Question 1

Buckeye Pipeline

Answer 1

• 2 steel pipes
• Gasoline in one pipe
• Kerosene in the other pipe
• 84 half turns to close valves

Question 2

Department apparatus should be brought no closer than ____ feet to a leak and the IC must position flag persons at least ____ feet on each side of an incident adjacent to railroad tracks

Answer 2

1000 feet

600 feet

Question 3

Unless otherwise instructed Chiefs should respond to a

Answer 3

Rendezvous location until the leak is located and a Command Post is established

Question 4

Upon confirmation of a confirmed leak in the buckeye pipeline transmit a

Answer 4

• 2nd alarm

* If ignition occurs additional alarms must be transmitted

Question 5

Once the leak location is identified, the location, an estimate of the amount of product in the street, the topography and exposures

Answer 5

SHOULD be included in a preliminary report to the dispatcher

Question 6

Re-opening a valve may actually decrease the amount of a fuel spill. This may only be done after

Answer 6

An evaluation

Question 7

Manual valves in the buckeye pipeline may be actuall operated only during

Answer 7

Borough Drills

Question 8

Foam concentrate must be carried on

Answer 8

All apparatus as required. Additional cans of foam must be stored with spare wrenches for use by relocated units