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2026 Issue 2

This issue contains the following articles: Planning for Wildfires and Coordinating Response with Incident Commanders, Scene Size Up for a Hazardous Liquids Incident, Emergency Response and Preplanning Tools: BUXUS, What Is a Control Center and How Does it Keep Pipelines Safe?

2026 Issue 1

This issue contains the following articles: Case Study: Natural Gas Fueled Building Explosion - Youngstown, OH, Preparing for Hurricane Season, Damage Prevention - How Do We Keep Pipelines Safe?, and Is Your Department Prepared for a Pipeline Emergency?

2025 Issue 3

This issue contains the following articles: How Landslides can Damage a Pipeline, Responding to a Pipeline Emergency in a Recreational Area, LEPCs and Emergency Planning Involving Pipelines, and The Importance of Communication between Emergency Responders and Pipeline Personnel During an Incident.

2025 Issue 2

This issue contains the following articles: Emergency Response Tactics for a Natural Gas Incident, How to Identify and Respond to a Suspected Pipeline Leak, Tailboard Scenario: Responding to a Terminal Incident, and How do In-Line Inspection Tools Work?

2025 Issue 1

This issue contains the following articles: Responding to Pipeline Emergencies, Value of Participating in Joint Emergency Response Drills, Innnovations in Emergency Responder Technology and Human Damage to Facilities. 

2024 Issue 3

This issue contains the following articles: Responding to a Natural Gas Incident in a Highly Populated HCA, Case Study of LNG Incident in Plymouth, Washington, Mitigating a Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor (BLEVE) Explosion and Featured Best Practices from Your Emergency Responder Peers.

2024 Issue 2

This issue contains the following articles: Tailboard Scenario: Responding to a Tanker Truck Spill, Responding to a Products Pipeline Release During an Earthquake, Overview of Pipeline Markers and Understanding the Different Types of Pipelines.

2024 Issue 1

This issue contains the following articles: Tailboard Scenario: Security-related Incident at a Natural Gas Facility, What is a Compressor Station?, Pipeline Emergency Response Resources for Emergency Responders and Public Officials and How Does a Control Center Work?

2023 Issue 3

This issue contains the following articles: Tailboard Scenario: Responding to a CO2 Leak, Land Use Planning and Local Government's Role in the Process, Inline Safety Inspection Tools, and Commodities Transported via Pipeline and Evacuation Distances. 

2023 Issue 2

This issue contains the following articles: Urban Area Pipeline Emergency Response, Creating Fire Breaks Near Pipeline Facilities, First Responder Training Video Series, Understanding Different Types of Pipelines, and Tailboard Scenario: Responding to a Natural Gas Storage Incident. 

2023 Issue 1

This issue contains the following articles: A Case Study - 2018 Pipeline Explosion in Dallas, TX, What Are Pipeline Valves and How Do They Work?, Lessons Learned from the Responder Annual Readership Survey and Overview of BUXUS Program

2022 Issue 3

This issue contains the following articles: How to Secure the Scene of a Pipeline Incident, LEPCs and Their Role in Emergency Response Planning, First Responder Training Video Series, Tailboard Scenario: Responding to a HVL Pipeline Incident and Safe Approach to an Active Pipeline Incident. 

2022 Issue 2

This issue contains the following articles: Tailboard Scenario for a Natural Gas Incident, Joint Training Opportunities between Pipeline Operators and Emergency Responders, What is a Control Center and How Does it Work and Damage Prevention Programs - Keeping Our Pipelines Safe, 

2022 Issue 1

This issue contains the following articles: Engaging Public Officials in Mock Emergency Exercises, How Social Media is Changing Emergency Response, What Goes into Constructing a Pipeline and CO2 Pipeline Operations and Emergency Response.

2021 Issue 3

This issue contains the following articles: How to Effectively Prepare for a Pipeline Incident, Pipeline Emergency Response Tactics, Case Study of Sabotage – A Growing Risk to Critical Infrastructure, and Emergency Responder Spotlight- Fairfax County, VA Fire and Rescue.

2021 Issue 2

This issue contains the following articles: Tailboard Scenario for a Terminal Incident; Effective Scene Size Up at a Natural Gas Incident; Characteristics of Natural Gas, Refined Products, CO2, and HVLs; HCA’s and Identified Sites in Your Community

2021 Issue 1

This issue contains the following articles: Preparing for a Pipeline Emergency as the Result of an Earthquake; Establishing an SOP for Pipeline Emergencies; Local Government's Role in Risk-Informed Land Use Planning; Phishing Attacks Target Local Governments and Organizations

2020 Issue 3

This issue contains the following articles: Pipeline Emergency Preparedness & Training: A Case Study of Responding to a CO2 Incident; Pipeline Emergency Response Tactics: Investigating Root Cause Pipeline Incidents involving Metallurgical Analysis; Overview of Pipeline Systems: Gathering Pipelines; Keeping Pipelines Safe/Practices & Protocols: Emergency Response Liaison and Incident Response in a COVID-19 World; Best Practices; First Responder Training Video Series

2020 Issue 2

This issue contains the following articles: Pipeline Emergency Preparedness & Training: What Would You Do? – Responding to a Security-Related Pipeline Incident; Pipeline Emergency Response Tactics: Preparing for and Responding to Breakout Tank Fires; Overview of Pipeline Systems: a Detailed Look at Terminal Operations; Keeping Pipelines Safe/Practices & Protocols: the Role LEPCs and Local Government Play in Emergency Response Planning; Best Practices; First Responder Training Video Series

2020 Issue 1

This issue contains the following articles: Pipeline Emergency Preparedness & Training: City of El Paso Drill Conducted with Emergency Responders & Operators; Pipeline Emergency Response Tactics: Scene Size-Up and Response to Seismic Events; Overview of Pipeline Systems: Overview of Liquid Petroleum Pipeline Systems; Keeping Pipelines Safe/Practices & Protocols: Pipeline Markers and Encroachments; Best Practices; First Responder Training Video Series

2019 Issue 4

This issue contains the following articles: Pipeline Emergency Preparedness & Training: Case Study- the Merrimack Valley, MA Pipeline Explosions; Pipeline Emergency Response Tactics: Effectively Handling a Hazardous Liquids Spill; Overview of Pipeline Systems: Emergency Responder Spotlight- Rusk County Sheriff’s Office and Office of Emergency Management; Keeping Pipelines Safe/Practices & Protocols: Integrity Management Plans; Best Practices; First Responder Training Video Series

2019 Issue 3

This issue contains the following articles: Pipeline Emergency Preparedness & Training: Effective Pre-Planning Techniques for Pipeline Emergencies; Pipeline Emergency Response Tactics: Responding to a Petroleum Pipeline Incident; Overview of Pipeline Systems: Overview of Pipeline Construction Process; Keeping Pipelines Safe/Practices & Protocols: Pipeline Inspection and Safety Tools; Best Practices; First Responder Training Video Series

2019 Issue 2

This issue contains the following articles: Pipeline Emergency Preparedness & Training: Tabletop Exercises – A Guide to Designing Effective Simulations; Pipeline Emergency Response Tactics: Responding to Natural Gas Escaping Inside a Building; Emergency Responder Spotlight: Madison County EMA’s Preparation for Pipeline Emergencies; Overview of Pipeline Systems: What’s in the Pipeline? - A Look at Commodities Transported via Pipeline; Best Practices; First Responder Training Video Series

2019 Issue 1

This issue contains the following articles: Pipeline Emergency Preparedness & Training: Overview of the NVFC/PHMSA FD PREPP Toolkit; Pipeline Emergency Response Tactics: Tailboard Scenario –Responding to a CO2; Overview of Pipeline Systems: Overview of Underground Natural Gas Storage; Pipeline Emergency Response Tactics: Overview of Pipeline Safety Measures and Systems; Best Practices; First Responder Training Video Series

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