Incidents Involving Silos Flashcards
What is the definition of a silo
A container or tower often cylindrical in shape, used for the storage of Silage, Grain, Powders, Pellets or crops
What are the hazards of attending incidents involving silos?
8 answers
- Explosion
- Entrapment in Machinery
- Falling from height
- Silo contents
- Fire
- construction
- Manual handling
- oxygen limiting
What additional resources should an IC consider when attending an incident involving Silos?
- FRUs
- Ariel appliance
- HMEPO, RRT, SA
- Tactical advisor
What is the only exception for a crew to enter a silo?
When there is an immediate threat of serious injury or loss of life
What must the IC implement before committing personnel into a silo?
- Seek advice from technical rescue advisor
- implement level 2 line ops
- appoint and brief safety officers
- brief personnel on the task
- Use of DIM equipment
- only the required number of personnel and equipment necessary to undertake the task
- Vehicles and staff have been prevented from tipping contents into access points
Where should the IC position himself during an incident involving a silo?
On the ground level unless pre-planning identifies a more suitable location
What position must the discharge control mechanism be in on a silo when involved in an incident?
In the closed position
What procedures must be implemented prior to any personnel being committed into a silo?
Line rescue procedures.
To reduce/prevent dust build up in a silo involved in an incident, what should the IC consider doing?
Consider the use of a fine spray
What should the IC consider having at the access and egress points of a silo?
Firefighting jet deployed and charged in case of any fire
In an oxygen limiting silo what could be considered as an alternative extinguishing method?
Close all doors and hatches to starve the fore of oxygen
If the flame is evident at the top of a silo, what might this indicate?
That the fire is not deep seated and maybe extinguished using suitable medium
What should the IC consider when cutting a hole into a silo to extinguish a fire?
May impact the stability
Must seek
Advice from site specialists and only undertaken when the risk explosion
