Question: What is an emergency pressure control system? Answer: An emergency pressure control system (EPCS) is a pressure-limiting safety system that is required by many current Fire Codes (International Fire Code and NFPA 1). The EPCS has replaced the Emergency Control Box (sometimes called Dump Box, Red Box, Fire Department Box, etc.) as a code required safety system for over-pressurization events. […]
Silent week for ammonia in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review…… Ammonia Leak Kills Fish in Creek – An anhydrous ammonia leak from a West Central Cooperative storage tank in Halbur led to the deaths of numerous small fish in a 2-mile stretch of Brushy Creek on Saturday. The leak – which was caused by a […]
Unusual use of ammonia in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review…… Downtown Ucluelet Core Evacuated After Ammonia Leak – Ucluelet Mayor Bill Irving was in the district office around 11:30 a.m. when Ucluelet Harbour Seafoods contacted the district’s emergency services manager Karla Robison to advise an ammonia leak had occurred at the company’s Cedar Street facility. […keep […]
Ammonia and ice come together in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review…… Ammonia Leak at Centennial Ice Arena Prompts Evacuation- Centennial Ice Arena was evacuated Thursday afternoon after an ammonia leak was discovered. […keep reading] Ammonia Released During Accident at Burton Ice Skating Arena- Around 300 gallons of anhydrous ammonia were released Saturday, Aug. 16 during an accident […]
Ammonia and curling come face to face in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review…… Brock Mayor Discovers Ammonia Leak At Beaverton Curling Club- Emergency service personnel took “every precaution” in dealing with a minor ammonia leak at the Beaverton Curling Club Tuesday (Aug. 12). […keep reading] Ammonia Leak Forces Evacuation At Lion Brewery- Repair crews are […]
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