Hazmat Inspection and Emergency Response Overview
This presentation provides an overview of key topics discussed in a public safety committee meeting, including the meaning of "All Hazards," updates on hazardous material inspections, community expectations of fire department responses, compliance issues, identification of hazardous facilities, historical inspection records, emergency response site visits, and future service needs.
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Public Safety Committee Meeting Rodney West Interim Fire Chief
What does All Hazards Mean? Overview of A-1 Custom Packing Citation Update on Inspection of H-Permit and H- Occupancy Facilities Update on Emergency Response Site Visits
What types of calls does HFD respond to What is the communities expectation of responses by HFD How have we been able to keep up with the growing demand for service What will we need to render services going forward
Exceeded 10,000 LBS of non-Extremely Hazardous Substance (ESH) 25 TAC 295.182(B)(4)(A) Failure to submit a Tier II form/report that includes all hazardous chemicals stored above the reportable threshold
Life Safety Bureau (LSB) identified 777 potential H-Occupancy facilities per the Hazardous Enterprise Ordinance LSB identified 2782 facilities with permits to store hazardous materials of various quantities 5322 Businesses identified by PWE
Historical and current inspection records H-Occupancy - certificate of occupancies issued by the Building Department List of Hazardous Enterprise permits and registrants from the Planning and Development Greater Houston Tier II analysis study from Texas A&M University s Mary Kay O Connor Process Safety Center
Emergency Operations Site Visits 3722 5223 H-Permit inspections H-Occupancy Inspections 1809 2782 **671 completed or referred 777 Completed Total inventory
Create and publicize HAZMAT Inspection Schedule Moving to Phase II of Digital Sandbox reimplementation Established POC for each District Chief in Fire Prevention
In 1995 the average cell phone user sent 0.4 texts per day In 2015 the average millennial sent 67 texts messages per day
Improve the Efficiency of HFD Inspection Processes Better Identify High Risk Properties and Improve Prioritization of Inspections Improve HFD Information Management and Sharing
