{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-046","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-046","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-09-15","effective_on":"1976-09-15","summary":"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.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-046.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-046.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-046","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-046","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-046.\n\nANALYZE 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.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1976-09-15\n\nAdopted Date: 1976-07-07\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1977-07-29\n\nSynopsis: 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.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA76MP013\n\nReport Number: PAR-76-06\n\nAddressee Name: RSPA\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1977-07-29\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1977-03-02\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication 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.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1512}