NTSB Safety Recommendation P-77-041

NTSB safety recommendation P-77-041.

EXTEND ITS EMERGENCY SERVICES TRAINING COURSE CONTRACT TO INCLUDE A SECTION ON THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ASPECTS OF FLAMMABLE PIPELINE MATERIALS SUCH AS NATURAL GAS AND LIQUID HYDROCARBONS. COORDINATE AND COOPERATE WITH THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION, THE AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE, AND THE INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA TO USE THEIR EXPERTISE IN THIS AREA.

Priority: CLASS III

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1977-12-09

Adopted Date: 1977-12-09

Overall Date Closed: 1979-04-17

Synopsis: ON JANUARY 25, 1977, A LOW-ORDER EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED A HOUSE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA NEAR WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA; THE OCCUPANT WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED BY THE EXPLOSION.

Keywords: Hazmat

Ntsbnumber: DCA77MP011

Report Number: PAR-77-04

Addressee Name: RSPA

Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1979-04-17

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1978-11-24

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: MTB LTR: AS THE REFERENCED CONTRACT HAD BEEN COMPLETED, MTB ENTERED INTO A NEW CONTRACT WITH NFPA WHICH DOES INCLUDE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ASPECTS OF PIPELINE MATERIALS. IN DEVELOPING THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL, NFPA SOUGHT THE INPUT OF AGA, INGAA, API, AND OTHERS. A PREVIEW OF THE DRAFT COURSE WAS GIVEN BY MTB ON 2/1/79. NTSB STAFF MEMBERS WERE INCLUDED.

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1979-04-17

Communication Type: Official Correspondence