Why didn’t the driver stay with the vehicle during the delivery of smoke alarms? Who many crews deliver smoke alarms in full fire kit? They should have gone the whole hog and worn BA; it would have looked good with a Stage 1 entry control officer/board set up at the front door.
Cyclohexane was identified as the hazard at the process plant, yet no briefing given on its danger or how to deal with it. Their LFf what a guy! He knew more about petrochemical fire than anyone. I work in the same environment as these guys, we don’t know as much as the people whom work on these large process plants, especially their own emergency service personnel. Sites such as these have their own fire crews, whom more often than not, extinguish the fire before we arrive.
That childish but amazing LFf, could look at a drum, identify it’s contents as hazardous when in contact with water, just by looking. Who needs hazard data sheets, risk assessment, common sense! What do they do, approved operational procedures out of the window, in dealing with this type of material? What ever happened too; if you can’t use water that usually means there’s a dry agent/powder alternative? Not this crew they go their own way, use a PPV to flame bend. I don’t remember seeing that is home office bulletins or training notes.
Some research done though, the Flixborough explosion June 1st 1974 was a release of Cyclohexane gas? It caused the deaths of twenty-eight workers and a further 36 suffered injuries, the plant was completely destroyed, never to reopen. What went wrong with the rest of their background research, before making this program, total utter dross!
I admit though I will watch the next episode, to see how much more stupid they can get, so I suppose the format has worked. I’ll watch, see the adverts, which is what they want.
