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Has anyone had experience with traversing along pipelines and carried out an emergency exercises to determine how quickly the emergency team could reach an injured person at specified diameters and lengths.
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Last time I went a long way up a pipe we advised the fire brigade during the planning process and they came out and had a look both the week before we went in and on the morning we went in.
It was a long basically horizontal pipe, so actually the risk of injury was pretty low. I was more concerned about being a long way down a pipe carrying surface water run-off and what if it suddenly rained. Our downstream exit was literally miles downstream, and if the water level is rising suddenly heading upstream could be hard work.
It was a long slog down the pipe, we started work, and then the gas monitor went off - low oxygen. It's actually the only time I've had a gas monitor go off for real when I've been in a confined space.
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I've had lots of experience in this. Basically if you have the special circumstances YOU need to make the special arrangements. Don't rely on emergency services!
I'm from the same small fishing village as you, so if you need a chat PM me.
Cheers
Phil
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To confirm - we did make all the necessary arrangements, but we also notified the local fire brigade about what we were doing and they came out and had a nose around. They were entirely happy with the arrangements we had in place and went away again.
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We arranged an 11km walk a few years ago. Intermediate manholes were checked before first entry, but then by all accounts, it was a 'walk in the park'. Except the guys were wearing 30 minute sets and occasionally they were forty minutes from an exit (average speed in aquifer was around 2km per hour) ...... Huge sigh of relief when they all came out safe.
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There was a big confined space entry into an aqueduct in the lake district recently which made the local news on behalf of the local water company. It might be worth contacting the water company that operates in that area. I believe the length of aqueduct involved was 70 km.
Regards
Yul
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