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acado64
04-06-2007, 04:10 PM
Our department is looking to increase manpower to help us cover a nearby oil refinery. They have their own in-house crew, but want to work with us to get better equipment capacity.

Anybody know of some good POL resistant PPE (gloves, boots, gear) we can look into purchasing ?

Have a nice day.
SWLAFireDawg
04-08-2007, 09:52 PM
We use the same NFPA approved gear as those in the municipal departments. We just get 2 sets issued because any response requires good cleaning of the gear, which we contract out. This is done because anything we respond to can be considered " hazardous materials ". The only different we liked was Kevlar for the outer shell, but since it is all going to Iraq now, we get PBI/Nomex.
acado64
04-10-2007, 02:48 PM
We use the same NFPA approved gear as those in the municipal departments. We just get 2 sets issued because any response requires good cleaning of the gear, which we contract out. This is done because anything we respond to can be considered " hazardous materials ". The only different we liked was Kevlar for the outer shell, but since it is all going to Iraq now, we get PBI/Nomex.

Thanks Dawg. Guess we'll have to put in for another PPE grant !

Have a nice day.
SWLAFireDawg
04-10-2007, 03:47 PM
Our department is looking to increase manpower to help us cover a nearby oil refinery. They have their own in-house crew, but want to work with us to get better equipment capacity.

Anybody know of some good POL resistant PPE (gloves, boots, gear) we can look into purchasing ?

Have a nice day.

Upon a re-read of your original post, it sounds like the "inhouse" crew is just looking for more equipment availability as opposed to actual manpower to enter the fire perimeter on hose lines. If this is the case, your standard department PPE should be adequate to operate your equipment as mutual aid assistance.

When we mutual aid with other plants, we usually assume their support roles as apposed to offensive operations. It is their plant, so they know it best. Let them go in to the red zone. That is not to say we would not go in on hose lines or valve outs, but we would try to avoid it since we would not be well trained on their facility or hazards.

Likewise, we are the cowboys when it happens in our facility.