BASF fire brigade
| BASF fire brigade | |
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| Founding year: | 1913 |
| Employee: | 200 |
| BASF fire brigade | |
The BASF SE plant fire department is a recognized plant fire department . It ensures fire protection on the largest connected chemical site in the world, the Ludwigshafen plant of the BASF Group and its surroundings, and is independent of the Ludwigshafen municipal fire brigade . In addition to fire fighting and technical assistance , she is also particularly active in the area of preventive fire and hazard protection and the defense against hazardous substances.
It also makes its services available to other organizations within the framework of TUIS and the ICE initiative .
Active fire brigade
The active fire brigade members have, like professional firefighters, either completed vocational training that is useful for the fire service or a technical degree. They were then trained for fire service and especially for service in the plant fire service. In addition to their day-to-day work, the firefighters have to constantly attend training courses in order to keep pace with the constant change in technology. A major incident alarm exercise is carried out annually.
The firefighters spend only three percent of their working time fighting fires, the far greater part is occupied with hazard prevention, advice and training. The plant fire brigade is therefore always involved in the construction and planning of new systems as part of preventive fire protection. It defines safety distances to other buildings, checks the building materials to be used for their safety, defines fire compartments and controls the future location of new systems with regard to the best approach for the emergency vehicles.
In the accident at BASF in Ludwigshafen in 2016 in the north port, four fire fighters from the works fire department died on duty. In September 2017, a fourth employee of the BASF works fire department died of his injuries. In addition, a Polish seaman on a tanker was killed and almost 30 people injured.
Youth work
While school classes and kindergartens used to visit the plant fire brigade on their own initiative, today it is more necessary to approach those responsible yourself. Specially trained staff try to familiarize the children with the topic of fire protection with clothes tailored for children from the company's own tailoring shop, small helmets and lots of technology. She also offers guided tours and tries to involve the public in her work.
There is also a youth fire brigade at BASF .
Security Management
The BASF fire brigade is located in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, but makes its skills available to the chemical industry worldwide as part of the Responsible Care initiative . This initiative stands for constant improvements in environmental protection, healthcare and safety. Responsible Care is a company founded in 2001 Center of Excellence, whose field of action and especially the security (Emergency Response) includes.
Emergency Response is a globally operating group of experts for the expansion of the hazard prevention management at BASF, which is managed and coordinated by the plant fire brigade in Ludwigshafen. The subject of this management is not only the group companies and joint ventures , but also suppliers, customers, neighboring companies, cities and communities in the vicinity of BASF. It comprises four levels, which are active depending on the size of the incident:
- Incident management exists at the location level,
- At the national level, there are teams for fault and crisis management in countries with large production sites,
- At the continental level there are also such teams in Europe, North and South America, and Asia,
- Crisis management support is available in Ludwigshafen on a global level.
The BASF emergency response support is constantly available via a network of emergency telephones. This is made possible, among other things, by a global network of ECCs that can already offer help themselves. These are located at the BASF sites in Mount Olive ( New Jersey / USA ), Guaratinguetá ( Brazil ), Antwerp ( Belgium ), Jersey (USA), Seal Sands ( Great Britain ), Schwarzheide ( Germany ), Tarragona ( Spain ), Shanghai ( China ), Kuatan ( Malaysia ) and Ludwigshafen am Rhein .
Services
The plant fire brigade is also active outside the company premises when it is not needed in the plant. For example, she is required by third-party companies for the fire protection of their systems, provides advice, works out fire protection concepts, offers courses and seminars also for municipal fire brigades, tests and repairs fire fighting equipment, helps out herself or, if necessary, supports production.
ICE and ERIC
The International Chemical Environment (ICE) is coordinated by the European Chemicals Association (CEFIC) in Brussels. This is a European program for the safety of chemical transports by land and water. ICE has 13 branches, which are spread across Europe and to which 900 companies belong. Here, the BASF plant fire brigade has taken on several sponsorships in the installation of an advice and assistance system in the event of transport accidents.
In 1996, ERIC was presented at an international conference by BASF . ERIC stands for Emergency Response Intervention Cards, which is a set of cards (220 per set) with information about chemicals and how to deal with them in the event of an accident. These are made available to all organizations involved in hazard prevention and can be accessed on the Internet, among other places.
ERI center
The ERI Center is the emergency, help and information center, the control center, of the BASF plant fire brigade. It is housed in the south fire station and is constantly manned by 16 dispatchers in 4-shift work. It is fully equipped with computers that use the ELDIS control center software , which was developed by the BASF plant fire brigade and the Eurofunk Kappacher company . In the event of a system failure, the ERI Center can also be operated manually like conventional control centers and maintain the constant and simultaneous monitoring of the 350 connected production companies on the Ludwigshafen site. In addition, the ERI Center can also coordinate operations outside of the factory premises.
Hazard prevention
Preventive fire protection has been in place at BASF since 1897. At that time, fire extinguishers were set up all over the factory premises. Since 1912, a year before the plant fire brigade was founded, the new hand-held powder extinguishers that had just hit the market were distributed around the plant premises.
Today, modern technology is mainly used in the field of preventive fire protection. The factory premises are constantly monitored by around 20,000 sensors that are connected to 500 fire alarm systems. For fire fighting there are mainly semi-stationary extinguishing systems, these are extinguishing systems that apply the extinguishing agent to the source of the fire. However, this must be transported by the fire brigade, which also brings the necessary equipment.
The plant fire brigade has set up a group that covers the creation and improvement of around 140 hazard prevention plans and the plant alarm plans for the 350 local companies. This also makes its services available to external customers in the form of tailor-made solutions or seminars.
vehicles
The fleet currently comprises 46 vehicles for fire fighting , hazard prevention and technical assistance . The radio call name is made up of the identifier " Florian Anilin " and the code number corresponding to the vehicle.
Command vehicle 1
The command vehicle 1 are constructed in the form of a VW T5 and do not differ significantly from a conventional command vehicle. It is used by the operations manager as a vehicle for approaching the scene of operations, for guiding a train, exploring the scene of the accident, for communication and as a command vehicle for TUIS operations .
Command vehicle 2
The 11-meter-long, 3.30-meter-high, 18-ton, 270-horsepower command vehicle 2 of the BASF fire brigade is the mobile counterpart to the ERI Center. Technically, it is a clone of the same that can be moved and operated by just two people. Inside it houses a meeting room for up to ten people. This is a command vehicle 2 of the largest type.
Low-floor fire truck
The low-floor fire truck can accommodate a squadron and thus forms an independent tactical unit that is mainly used for fire fighting, water pumping and technical assistance on a smaller scale. The fire truck has a centrifugal fire pump with a delivery rate of 5000 l / min. This amount of water is distributed to six B pressure outlets, two of which are designed as rapid attack units. The water is fed to the pump via an A and an F inlet , which can also be done in suction mode thanks to a double-piston deaerator pump.
With 1000 liters of water, the fire truck has a comparatively small tank, which is expanded by a 1800 liter foam compound tank. The foam concentrate can be added to the extinguishing water via a pump premixer.
Foam fire engine 1
The 25 t foam fire engine is manned by two emergency services. Its area of application is primarily in fighting liquid fires and reducing emissions in the event of leaks. In addition, an FP 40/8 centrifugal fire pump can supply two additional fire engines with foam concentrate, while the vehicle itself operates stationary extinguishing systems with extinguishing agent. The vehicle is also suitable for pumping fire water or as a fire water delivery vehicle.
With a two-stage centrifugal fire pump FP 80/10 with a delivery rate of 8000 l / min, the vehicle has a powerful fire engine. This is supplied with water via four A inlets and can distribute this to eight B pressure outlets. The core of the vehicle is a 9000 l foam compound tank to which two foam compound pumps with a delivery rate of 550 l / min each are connected. Among other things, these can operate the proportioners installed at each pressure outlet.
TUIS rescue vehicle
The 9.85 meter long and 4 meter high TUIS rescue vehicle is the heaviest rescue vehicle in Germany. It is able to cope with almost all accidents with and without the involvement of hazardous substances and thus serves as a support for all TUIS operations. Among other things, it has a 75 kVA built-in generator, a six-meter-long roof-mounted light mast with six 1500 W floodlights, an 80 kN cable winch and an extensive load for technical assistance.
Telescopic mast
The 26 t telescopic mast is an aerial rescue vehicle which is manned by two fire fighters. It reaches heights of 32 m and can hold 400 kg in its rescue cage. In addition, the vehicle's own pump can deliver either 2000 or 4000 l / min via the reversible tube in the rescue cage. This is also suitable for lifting loads and has a permanently installed breathing air line. A 10 kVA power generator is also built into the vehicle.
Williams water cannon
The fire brigade has a heavy water cannon for lengthy operations . This can catapult up to 25,000 l / min 80 m. However, it takes between 30 and 45 minutes to make it operational. This is mainly used to fight tank fires, for example to flood the tank lid with foam.
Turbo extinguisher
The turbo extinguisher is now the best-known vehicle of the BASF plant fire brigade. It is an aerosol fire engine which can atomize up to 7000 l of water / min and spray up to 120 m. A liquid fire of 300 m³ can be extinguished within a minute, which makes the turbo extinguisher one of the most effective land-based fire engines in the world. The turbo extinguisher can also be used to wash out toxic substances from the air, to cool industrial plants or to ventilate tunnels. The BASF fire brigade is now using two of these vehicles.
Equipment cart respiratory protection
The respiratory protection equipment trolley largely corresponds to the vehicle that is also used by public fire departments under this name. He ensures the supply of breathing apparatus for longer deployments, has the necessary equipment to detect pollutants in the air and extensive equipment for breathing and body protection on board.
Swap body vehicle
The BASF plant fire brigade also operates a swap body program . These vehicles, manned by two people, move out in the extended train and primarily transport the fire-fighting equipment loaded onto various swap bodies . There are currently five swap bodies: binding agent, rerailing material, water weir, decon and hose.
manipulator
The manipulator, a small remote-controlled robot called “ROBI” , is activated in particularly dangerous operations. The robot, which can also climb stairs and, thanks to its compact design, get under vehicles, is versatile: The manipulator can:
- People search, thanks to its thermal imaging camera, even in smoky and darkened rooms
- Carry out pollutant measurements
- Relieve pressurized containers, reactors or barrels
- Recover substances and objects
- Operate various shut-off devices such as slides and valves
- Seal leaks
- Open, close and tighten mechanical connections
- Machining metal
- take samples
- Introduce stopper liquid
- also move in acid, alkali and solvent pools.
Mobile chlorine absorption system
The weir has a chlorine absorption system owned by TUIS. In the event of leaks in factories or transport containers, this can suck out and wash out gases. The system is so compact that it can be transported by truck, train or helicopter.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Explosion in the North Harbor: Employee of the BASF fire brigade dies of injuries. Retrieved November 8, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Fatal gas explosion at BASF. Südwestrundfunk, accessed November 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Florian Anilin, 01 / 12-01 , BOS-Fahrzeuge.info , accessed on February 16, 2011
- ↑ Florian Anilin, 01 / 78-01 , BOS-Fahrzeuge.info , accessed on February 16, 2011
- ↑ Florian Anilin, 02 / 52-02 , BOS-Fahrzeuge.info , accessed on February 16, 2011
- ↑ Florian Anilin, 01 / 79-02 , BOS-Fahrzeuge.info , accessed on February 16, 2011
Coordinates: 49 ° 29 ′ 44 ″ N , 8 ° 25 ′ 44 ″ E