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Ammonia Week in Review | September 19, 2014

September 19th, 2014

Firefighters are busy with ammonia in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review……  Ammonia Leak Under Control at Laack Cold Storage in Green Bay – Officials with the Green Bay Fire Department confirm an ammonia leak is now under control.  Officials say the incident happened Friday night at the Laack Cold Storage Facility located at 1111 N. […]

Ammonia Week in Review | September 12, 2014

September 12th, 2014

Ammonia questions, fines, and leaks in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review……  Five Checked After Pasco Ammonia Leak – Firefighters stopped the leak and the plant was turned back over to management. The small, contained leak was mainly an inhalation hazard. […keep reading] Ammonia Leak in Ville Platte – Hazmat crews were busy cleaning up an ammonia leak in […]

Q&A | Emergency Pressure Control Systems

September 10th, 2014

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. […]

Ammonia Week in Review | September 5, 2014

September 5th, 2014

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 […]

Ammonia Week in Review | August 29, 2014

August 29th, 2014

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 […]