NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-046

NTSB safety recommendation P-76-046.

ANALYZE THE METHODS WHICH OPERATORS USE TO RECEIVE AND RESPOND TO EMERGENCY CALLS AND, BASED UPON THIS ANALYSIS, AMEND 49 CFR 192, "OPERATIONS," TO SPECIFY MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1976-09-15

Adopted Date: 1976-07-07

Overall Date Closed: 1977-07-29

Synopsis: ON JANUARY 10, 1976, GAS WHICH WAS LEAKING INTO THE PATHFINDER HOTEL, IN FREMONT, NEBRASKA, IGNITED. THE GAS WAS LEAKING FROM A 2-INCH PLASTIC PIPE WHICH HAD PULLED OUT OF ITS COMPRESSION COUPLING; THE GAS SEEPED INTO THE HOTEL BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN CAPPED ABOVE BY FROZEN EARTH AND A CONCRETE ROAD SURFACE. THE HOTEL EXPLODED AND FIRE ENSUED; THE EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED THE HOTEL, DAMAGED NEARBY BUILDINGS, AND BROKE WINDOWS WITHIN A ONE-BLOCK RADIUS. THIRTY-NINE PERSONS WERE INJURED AND 20 PERSONS WERE KILLED.

Ntsbnumber: DCA76MP013

Report Number: PAR-76-06

Addressee Name: RSPA

Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1977-07-29

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1977-03-02

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: MTB LTR: SECTION 192.615, EMERGENCY PLANS, WAS AMENDED. THIS AMENDMENT, ISSUED MARCH 25, 1976, ESTABLISHED MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR EMERGENCY PLANS, EMPHASIZING THE HANDLING OF EMERGENCY CALLS AND THE RESPONSE THERETO. THE REVISION OF SECTION 192.615(A) COVERS THIS IN PARTICULAR.