{"operation":"document","citation":"P-79-029","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-79-029","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1979-10-04","effective_on":"1979-10-04","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION: ADVISE ITS MEMBER COMPANIES OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT AND OF THE PROMPT AND EFFECTIVE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE GAS COMPANY AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND URGE THEM TO REVIEW THEIR EMERGENCY PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES, PARTICULARLY THOSE CONCERNING EVACUATION AND LIAISON WITH FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO INSURE THAT COORDINATION IS PLANNED ADEQUATELY FOR ","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-79-029.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-79-029.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-79-029","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-79-029","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-79-029.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION: ADVISE ITS MEMBER COMPANIES OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT AND OF THE PROMPT AND EFFECTIVE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE GAS COMPANY AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND URGE THEM TO REVIEW THEIR EMERGENCY PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES, PARTICULARLY THOSE CONCERNING EVACUATION AND LIAISON WITH FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO INSURE THAT COORDINATION IS PLANNED ADEQUATELY FOR SIMILAR ACCIDENTS.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1979-10-04\n\nAdopted Date: 1979-09-27\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1983-05-04\n\nSynopsis: ON MAY 11, 1979, TWO ALMOST SIMULTANEOUS EXPLOSIONS AND AN ENSUING FIRE DESTROYED THREE BUILDINGS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF TACONY AND MARGARET STREETS IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. SEVEN PERSONS, INCLUDING A PHILADELPHIA GAS WORKS EMPLOYEE, WERE KILLED, 19 PERSONS WERE INJURED, AND SEVERAL ADJACENT ROWHOUSES WERE DAMAGED. THE EXPLOSIONS ALSO CAUSED A SECTION OF MARGARET STREET TO COLLAPSE, EXPOSING A LARGE CAVERN UNDERNEATH THE PAVED SURFACE.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA79MP015\n\nReport Number: PAR-79-03\n\nAddressee Name: American Gas Association\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1983-05-04\n\nAddressee Acronym: AGA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-02-01\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION (AGA) LETTER: AGA CORRESPONDENCE TO MEMBER COMPANY DELEGATES DATED OCTOBER 31, 1979, REFERS TO SAFETY RECOMMENDATION P-79-29 CONCERNING PHILADELPHIA GAS WORKS.\n\nAddressee Acronym: AGA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-05-04\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: AGA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-05\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1906}