HAZMAT Role is Critical During a Natural Gas Incident
The role of HAZMAT-trained responders can be critical at the scene of a pipeline incident. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires companies transporting hazardous substances, like natural gas, to train personnel in hazardous incident response techniques.
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Planning & Coordinating a Community Drill, Part 2: Tips for Executing a Successful Drill
Earlier this year, Missouri’s St. Charles County held a successful large-scale communitywide drill involving approximately 200 individuals, including 20 separate organizations and nearly 60 volunteers.
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The Responder’s Role in Protecting Pipelines
Pipeline operators, like Kinder Morgan, monitor their lines 24-hours a day through the use of field data, air and foot patrol and control center surveillance. In addition to a pipeline operator’s daily efforts, local emergency responders can assist with pipeline protection.
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Archived Issues
The Responder publication is a part of Kinder Morgan's Public Awareness program for emergency responders. Articles include pertinent information about training, grants, pipeline safety, high consequence area information, etc. To read past issues of The Responder, click here to be taken to the issue archive.
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Checklist for Key Technical Equipment and Resources
Natural gas pipeline incidents, though rare, require caution and immediate action. Ready your incident response team by making sure they have easy access to these key pieces of technical equipment and resources:
• Pre-incident Response Plans. A pipeline incident response plan is essential for a safe and efficient response. The plan should contain a general description of the pipelines and associated facilities within an agency’s jurisdiction, copies of internal Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), a copy of the Material Safety Data Sheet for Natural Gas (available here) and other products transported by pipelines within the agency’s jurisdiction, and a list of pipeline emergency contacts, including Kinder Morgan’s.
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Best Practices
The Responder recently surveyed its readers about best practices their department or agency employs to prepare to respond to a pipeline incident. Here are some of their responses:
“[The] County EMA & LEPC review all of the Pipeline Operational Plans yearly.”
Emergency Response Coordinator,
Douglas County Emergency
Management and LEPC
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