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Industrial Operations Fire Prevention Field Guide (PDF) INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS FIRE PREVENTION FIELD GUIDE July 1999 Gray Davis Governor State of California Mary D. Nichols Secretary for Resources The Resources Agency Andrea E. Tuttle Director Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Vacant) State Fire Marshal Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Industrial Operations Fire Prevention Field Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWARD .............................................................................................. 1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 2 1. OBJECTIVES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ........................................... 3 1.1 Cooperation ........................................................................... 3 1.2 Fire Danger............................................................................ 3 1.3 Responsibilities for Compliance ........................................... 3 1.4 Operating Company .............................................................. 3 1.5 Protection Agency ................................................................. 4 1.6 Correction of Violations ........................................................ 4 1.7 Law Enforcement .................................................................. 4 1.8 Legal Actions......................................................................... 4 1.9 Public-Private Meetings ........................................................ 5 2. OPERATING AREAS ............................................................................ 6 2.1 Cleanliness ............................................................................ 6 2.2 Smoking ................................................................................ 6 2.3 Lunch and Warming Fires ..................................................... 7 3. FIRE PLANS ......................................................................................... 9 3.1 Agency Input at Environmental Impact Report..................... 9 3.2 Outline of a Typical Fire Plan ............................................... 9 4. INSPECTION AND SAFETY ............................................................. 19 4.1 Inspection Responsibilities.................................................. 19 4.2 Company Inspections .......................................................... 19 4.3 Fire Protection Agency Inspections..................................... 19 4.4 Joint Inspection ................................................................... 23 4.5 Mechanical Inspections ....................................................... 23 4.6 Exhaust Systems.................................................................. 24 4.7 Miscellaneous...................................................................... 32 4.8 Operating Area Inspections ................................................. 33 4.9 Identification of Item Inspected .......................................... 33 4.9a Location............................................................................... 33 4.9b Equipment ........................................................................... 35 5. MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND SERVICING .................................. 36 5.1 Welding, Cutting and Grinding ........................................... 36 5.2 Refueling and Lubrication.................................................. 38 5.3 Servicing Equipment ........................................................... 39 5.4 Spark Arrester Servicing ..................................................... 41 July 29, 1999 i Industrial Operations Fire Prevention Field Guide 6. EXPLOSIVES .......................................................................................43 6.1 Disposal of Explosive Containers.........................................44 7. MOTOR VEHICLES OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ..............45 7.1 Fuel Systems.........................................................................45 7.2 Exhaust Systems ...................................................................45 7.3 Tool Requirements................................................................49 8. USE OF FIRE ........................................................................................51 8.1 Slash Burning .......................................................................51 8.2 Land Management Burning ..................................................54 8.3 Debris Burning .....................................................................55 8.2 Lunch and Warming Fires.....................................................56 8.3 Infrared Scanning .................................................................57 9. TIMBER HARVESTING ......................................................................58 9.1 Chain Saws ...........................................................................58 9.2 Choker Setting ......................................................................60 9.3 Tractors, Skidders, Loaders, etc............................................61 9.3a Feller/Hydro Bunchers .........................................................66 9.3b Manual/Automatic Fire Suppression Systems......................67 9.4 Cable Systems ......................................................................69 9.5 Helicopter Logging ...............................................................75 9.6 Landings ...............................................................................76 9.7 Timber Cooperators ..............................................................77 9.8 Firefighting Equipment.........................................................78 10. CONSTRUCTION AND SURFACE MINING...................................79 10.1 Earth Moving Equipment .....................................................79 10.2 Stationary and Portable Equipment ......................................81 10.3 Trenching Equipment ...........................................................82 10.4 Small Multi-Position Engines...............................................83 10.5 Crushers and Pavement Plants ..............................................85 10.6 Servicing and Maintenance of Equipment............................85 10.7 Training.................................................................................85 11. WELL DRILLING AND OPERATING ..............................................86 12. COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE ..................88 13. PRODUCT PROCESSING AND HANDLING ..................................92 13.1 Sawmills ...............................................................................92 13.2 Portable Processing Equipment ............................................94 13.3 Log Decks .............................................................................95 13.4 Outside Storage of Wood Chips and Hog Material ..............97 13.5 Ore and Aggregate Plants .....................................................98 13.6 Oil and Gas ...........................................................................98 13.7 Electrical Power Use.............................................................99 ii July 29, 1999 Industrial Operations Fire Prevention Field Guide 14. FILM INDUSTRY.............................................................................100 14.1 Special Use .........................................................................101 APPENDICES A. Bibliography ................................................................................102 B. Statutes and Regulations .............................................................103 C. Northern California Fire Association – Minimum Standards for Hotsaw Shearing Operations (Cooperative Agreement to Shutdown) ......................................134 D. Catalytic Converter Caused Fires ................................................135 E. Oregon Department of Forestry Interim Guidance on Operation of Feller-Buncher Machines during Industrial Fire Precaution Levels II and III ...........................................................................142 F. Spontaneous Combustion in Delimber Residue Piles .................143 G. Glossary of Terms .......................................................................146 July 29, 1999 iii Industrial Operations Fire Prevention Field Guide iv July 29, 1999 Industrial Operations Fire Prevention Field Guide FOREWORD This Guide contains standards and practices which have been found effective in preventing forest fires caused by various types of industrial operations when conducted on forest, grass or watershed lands. These standards and practices are based upon studies and the experience of fire agency and operating company personnel. The standards are to be considered as minimums and the various practices are offered as suggestions and examples of what has been tried and found successful in various situations. As industrial equipment and techniques change, the standards may need to change too. On-the-ground conditions may indicate the need for practices beyond the minimum legal requirements and will indicate which practices are most applicable in a given situation. It is expected that all personnel, who supervise or inspect industrial operations in forest, grass and watershed areas, or who prescribe hazard reduction work or other fire prevention measures, will be thoroughly familiar with the contents of this Guide. It is intended that it be given wide distribution at the field level in both the fire agencies and the operating companies. Their personnel should use it, refer to it regularly and observe
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