Safety Alert
Fire Damages a Platform’s Living Quarters and Nearby Areas
Fire Damages a Platform’s Living Quarters and Nearby Areas
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 408
- Evacuation, Escape and RescueHot Work and Fire
- Fire
- Alarm managementEmergency responseFire protectionRisk assessment
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
A Pacific Region platform fire damaged accommodation and nearby areas, with a cigarette filter suspected as the ignition source. Shared circuitry disabled general alarm and public announcement systems. The alert identifies smoking-area, combustible-storage and firefighting deficiencies, recommending operators consider redundant wiring, improved receptacles, hazard analysis and emergency drills.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Alarm management.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Fire protection; fire suppression; fire detection.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
BSEE Safety Alert 408. Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, hot work and fire.