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IanAYates  
#1 Posted : 29 July 2016 11:23:02(UTC)
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IanAYates
I have been searching for guidance for fixed LPG installations, and the required number of Fire Extinguishers (based on storage capacity).

Can anyone point me in the right direction, please?
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gerrysharpe  
#2 Posted : 29 July 2016 11:27:08(UTC)
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gerrysharpe
Have you tried with the LPG gas suppliers, they would normal tell you what safety procedures you should have in place
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gerrysharpe  
#3 Posted : 29 July 2016 11:33:13(UTC)
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gerrysharpe
I managed to find this on the HSE website http://www.hse.gov.uk/gas/lpg/safeuse.pdf

and this here, but no one has anything about Fire extinguishers?.

I'm guessing that if something catches fire on a bulk LPG installation and you cannot safely isolate the leak then you need to evacuate as opposed to being close and trying to fight a never ending flame with a fire extinguisher
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IanAYates  
#4 Posted : 29 July 2016 11:36:53(UTC)
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IanAYates
gerrysharpe wrote:
I managed to find this on the HSE website http://www.hse.gov.uk/gas/lpg/safeuse.pdf

and this here, but no one has anything about Fire extinguishers?.

I'm guessing that if something catches fire on a bulk LPG installation and you cannot safely isolate the leak then you need to evacuate as opposed to being close and trying to fight a never ending flame with a fire extinguisher



Thanks gerrysharpe. I had read through that link already. I had similar thoughts to be honest - if this area is on fire, you need to be somewhere else!
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gerrysharpe  
#5 Posted : 29 July 2016 11:50:24(UTC)
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gerrysharpe
Forgot to add the last link - sorry https://www.hseni.gov.uk...stems-and-appliances.pdf
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Ian Bell2  
#6 Posted : 29 July 2016 13:05:27(UTC)
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Ian Bell2
You will need more than portable fire extinguishers if you get an LPG leak.

Potential risk of a jet fire. What is the site layout? Could a jet fire impinge on other LPG vessels? Or extend onto a public area?

What size are the LPG tanks? Operating pressure?

As other have said - isolation is the preferred method of fire control. Otherwise you may have a leaking gas cloud which may find a remote source of ignition and flashback to the source of the leak.
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FG  
#7 Posted : 29 July 2016 13:29:29(UTC)
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FG
You might try the BCGA (British Compressed Gas Association) Codes of Practice.

http://www.bcga.co.uk/pages/index.cfm?page_id=72
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gotogmca  
#8 Posted : 29 July 2016 15:36:37(UTC)
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gotogmca
Try this website as well

http://www.uklpg.org/
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