{"operation":"document","citation":"P-72-038","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-72-038","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1972-11-08","effective_on":"1972-11-08","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE LONE STAR GAS COMPANY: ESTABLISH A LINE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND HOLD PERIODIC MEETINGS WITH LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER INTERESTED AGENCIES TO INFORM THEM OF GAS COMPANY EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-72-038.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-72-038.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-72-038","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-72-038","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-72-038.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE LONE STAR GAS COMPANY: ESTABLISH A LINE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND HOLD PERIODIC MEETINGS WITH LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER INTERESTED AGENCIES TO INFORM THEM OF GAS COMPANY EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1972-11-08\n\nAdopted Date: 1972-11-08\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1975-12-30\n\nSynopsis: ON OCTOBER 4, 1971, A SMALL EXPLOSION AND INTENSE FIRE COMPLETELY DESTROYED A HOUSE AT 8300 JERRIE JO DRIVE NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS. THIS ACCIDENT CAUSED THE DEATHS OF A FATHER AND HIS TWO SONS AND THE SEVERE BURNING OF THEIR MOTHER. ALMOST 3 HOURS LATER, THE NEIGHBORING HOUSE AT 8304 JERRIE JO EXPERIENCED AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE IN THE GARAGE WHICH CAUSED THE DEATH OF THE WOMAN OCCUPANT AND EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE GARAGE.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD72XR006\n\nReport Number: PAR-72-03\n\nAddressee Name: Lone Star Gas Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1975-12-30\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1973-08-23\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: LETTER FROM LONE STAR GAS COMPANY: LONE STAR HAS MODIFIED AND REVIEWED ITS WRITTEN EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, AND REQUIRES MEETINGS WITH FIRE DEPARTMENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF INFORMING THEM OF EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT MEETINGS HAVE BEEN HELD TO BETTER OPEN THE LINES OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN LONE STAR AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS WHERE SUCH COMMUNICATIONS MAY HAVE BEEN LESS THAN DESIRED.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1600}