{"operation":"document","citation":"P-78-030","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-78-030","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1978-07-19","effective_on":"1978-07-19","summary":"ISSUE AN EMERGENCY PLAN THAT CONFORMS TO 49 CFR 192.615 AND TRAIN EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL TO INSURE THAT THEY ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, INCLUDING THE EVACUATION PROCEDURES AND THE EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN OF THE SYSTEM.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-030.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-030.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-030","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-78-030","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-78-030.\n\nISSUE AN EMERGENCY PLAN THAT CONFORMS TO 49 CFR 192.615 AND TRAIN EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL TO INSURE THAT THEY ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, INCLUDING THE EVACUATION PROCEDURES AND THE EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN OF THE SYSTEM.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1978-07-19\n\nAdopted Date: 1978-07-05\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1982-08-03\n\nSynopsis: ON DECEMBER 15, 1977, A 2-INCH PLASTIC GAS MAIN UNDER AN ALLEY IN DOWNTOWN LAWRENCE, KANSAS, PULLED OUT OF A COMPRESSION COUPLING WHICH JOINED IT TO A STEEL GAS MAIN. NATURAL GAS ESCAPED FROM THE MAIN AND MIGRATED THROUGH THE STONE FOUNDATION WALLS OF TWO NEARBY BUILDINGS. THE ACCUMULATIONS OF GAS IN THE TWO BUILDINGS IGNITED. THE RESULTING EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED ONE BUILDING, SEVERELY DAMAGED THE OTHER BUILDING, AND BROKE NEARBY WINDOWS. TWO PERSONS WERE KILLED AND THREE PERSONS WERE INJURED.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA78MP005\n\nReport Number: PAR-78-04\n\nAddressee Name: Kansas Public Service Company, Inc.\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1982-08-03\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-04-13\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: KANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY LTR: EMERGENCY PLANS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AND DISCUSSED WITH COMPANY PERSONEL RELATING TO ANY CONDITION THAT COULD ARISE. MEETINGS HAVE BEEN HELD WITH LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES REGARDING PROCEDURES NEEDED DURING ANY EMERGENCY CONDITION, INCLUDING EVACUATION OF AN AREA OR SYSTEM SHUTDOWN; PERIODIC MEETINGS WITH POLICE, FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND EMERGENCY PRE PAREDNESS STAFF CONTINUE TO BE HELD.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-12-14\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-08-03\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1974}