1. OIL FIRE
M.KANDEEBAN
B.Sc (Agri).,

2. What Is Fire?
• Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in
the exothermic chemical process of combustion,
releasing heat, light, and various reaction products.
• The flame is the visible portion of the fire.

3. How Fire?
• For a fire to start, the three things in the
triangle are needed…
Fuel
Oxygen
Fire
Ignition
Sources

4. Possible Places
• Oil Fields (Upstream)
• Oil storage god downs
• During Transport Downstream
• Household activities

5. Piper Alpha
• Date : 6 July 1988
• Co-ordinates: 58°28′N 0°15′E
• Location: North sea oil production platform,
Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
• Causalities: 167 members & $ 3.4 billion dollar

8. The Kirk of St Nicholas in Union Street
, Aberdeen has dedicated a chapel in
memory of those who perished and
there is a memorial sculpture in the
Rose Garden of Hazlehead Park in
Aberdeen.

9. Mumbai High North disaster
Rig : Mumbai (Bombay) High North
Platform
Date : 27 July 2005
Location : Mumbai High, Indian Ocean
Operator : Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
(ONGC)
Fatalities : 22

11. Bruncefield Fire Accident
 Date: 11 December 2005
Location: Hertfordshire Oil Storage
Terminal, an oil Hemel Hempstead in
Hertfordshire, England.
Casualities:43 injuries & 2 died.

13. Jaipur Fire
Location : Jaipur , Rajasthan, India
Coordinates : 26.92°N 75.82°E
Date : 29 October 2009
Weapons : Accidental oil blast.
Deaths : 12
Non-fatal injuries : 300+

15. Kuwaiti oil fires

17. Fire risk Assessment
Identify possible fire hazards in your
workplace
Decide who might be harmed and how
Assess the risks and decide what precautions
to take
Record what you find, tell your employees
and make the necessary improvements
Review your fire risk assessment and update
it if necessary

18. Maintaining and Testing fire precautions
We must keep fire safety measures and equipment in the
workplace in effective working order. This includes the
following:
 Fire detection and alarm systems
 Fire fighting equipment
 Fire doors
 Stairways
 Corridors
 Emergency lighting
 Fire notices

19. Fire detection and Alarm systems
Detecting any fires; and
warning people in workplace quickly enough to allow
them to escape to a safe place before the fire
spreads and makes it more difficult for them to leave
the building.

20. Escaping a fire
• Escape routes should always lead to a safe place. They should
also be wide enough for the number of people inside the
building.
• Escape routes, exits and doorways should always be available
for use and kept clear of obstacles at all times.
• There should be more than one escape route in larger or
higher-risk premises.

21. Emergency escape and Fire exit signs
Emergency escape routes and exit doors should be clearly
identified by suitable signs.

22. Lighting
All escape routes, including outside ones, must have enough
lighting to allow people to find their way out safely. Emergency
escape lighting may be needed in poorly lit areas or if the
workplace is used at night if the normal lighting fails completely.
• show the escape routes clearly;
• provide lighting along escape routes to allow people to move safely
towards the final exits; and
• make sure that fire call points and fire fighting equipment can be
found easily.

24. Fighting fires-Fire extinguishers
• Portable fire extinguishers allow suitably trained people
to tackle a fire in its early stages (if they can do so
without putting themselves in danger).
• Fire extinguishers should be kept in obvious positions on
escape routes
• If possible, fire extinguishers should be securely hung on
wall brackets and not placed directly on the floor.

25. When deciding on the types of extinguishers to provide,
consider the materials you use and store in your workplace .
Water- Wood, Fabrics, Paper
Foam- Flammable liquids, oils and fats
Powder- All fires including
electricity
CO2- Flammable liquids
and electrical fire.

26. Fire blankets
• Fire blankets should be kept near the fire hazard they will be
used on.
• Store blankets in a position which is easy and safe to get to if
there is a fire.
• Light-duty blankets are suitable for dealing with small fires in
containers of cooking oil or fat and fires involving clothing.
• Heavy-duty fire blankets are for industrial use where there is a
need for the blanket to protect against molten materials

28. Sprinkler systems
If workplace is small, portable fire extinguishers will
probably be enough for tackling small fires.
However, in larger buildings, we need to protect the
escape routes or the property or contents of the
building, we need to consider a sprinkler system.

29. • For Oil Fire water should not be used because the
specific gravity of oil is less than water, it will float;
because of this, water will not put out oil fires.
• Instead, the burning oil will float on top of the water
and spread.

31. First Aid Measures
 If the victim is burned with fire apply cold applications, immerse the
burned area in cold water role the burned person on the ground, or cover
with water socked thick cloth or blanket and put out the fire.

32.  If the accident is of electric source, quickly disconnect at the
electric meter or check point,
or use rope wooden stick, dried
cloth etc. to disconnect
 Move the victim from the
accident place to avoid
further injury

33.  Loosen and/or remove burned dresses and lay down the
victim on his/her back and let him/her breathe fresh air and
ensure that no foreign objects have entered and blocked the
passage of the respiratory system
 If the victim is not breathing properly, initiate mouth to mouth
artificial respiration
 Thoroughly check the wound to determine the size, and the
degree of burn