Emergency Planning

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• Emergency Response Plenary Session. Three Incidents: Tank Truck Explosion, Television Interview Railcar Fire, and International Destruction of Acrylic Acid Railcar Using "Vent and Burn". - Bob Rosen.World Wide Electronic Specialty Gas Emergency Response Program. - Eugene Y. Ngai.Unplanned Shutdown Plus Lack of Knowledge equals Incidents. - Albert Ness.Community Involvement Plenary Session.Community Involvement Requirements for the Albertan Upstream Petroleum Industry. - Gary L. Neilson, P. Phys.Existing Side-By-Side: A Look at Community Alert & Emergency Response Issues in the Petro-Chemical Industry. - Johnnie A. Banks.Joint Leveraging of Industrial and Community Assets: A Partnership Between Industry and the Community to Improve Emergency Response Capabilities. - Max E. Middleton.Trash to Treasures. - Ted Low, Kris Smith.Liquefied Natural Gas Issues Planery Session.Safety and Fire Protection Consideration for LNG Terminals. - John A. Alderman.Blast Wave Damage to Process Equipment as a Trigger of Domino Effects. - E. Salzano, V. Cozzani.LNG Terminal Operations Hazard Zones. - Robin Pitblado.International Issues Plenary Session.Emergency Response of Toxic Substances in Taiwan: The System and case Studies. - Jeng-Renn Chen, Chung-Hsun Hung, K.S. Fan, Ta-Cheng Ho, Fan-Lun Chen, J.J. Horng, Wen-Der Chen, Shun-Chin Ho.Improved Safety at Reduced Operating Costs in a German Chemical Plant. - W.Steinert, M. Begg, R. von Dincklage.Active Shooter Table Top Exercise Process for Schools. - Larry G. Holloway.Consequence Assessment Plenary Session.Applying Inherent Safety to Mitigate Offsite Impact of a Toxic Liquid Release. - Douglas J. Ferguson.Extended Indoor Explosion Model with Vertical Concentration Profiles and Variable Ventilation Rates. - John Woodward, J. Kelly Thomas.Accounting for Dynamic Processes in Process Emergency Response using Even tree Modeling. - Raghu Raman.Fuzzy Logic Methodology for Accident Frequency Assessment in Hazardous Materials Transportation. - Yuanhua Qiao, Michela Gentile, M. Sam Mannan.Case Histories I Plenary Session.Development of Detailed Action Plans in the Even of a Sodium Hydride Spill/Fire. - Claire Fluegeman, Timothy Hilton, Kenneth P. Moder, Robert Stankovich.System Improvements Utilizing FMEA and Fault Tree Analysis. - Tracy Whipple, Michelle Roberson.Lessons from Grangemouth: A Case History. - Michael Broadribb, William Ralph, Neil Macnaughton.Transportation and Value Chain Plenary Sessions.A Graphical Method for Planning Security Vulnerability Analyses of Transportation and Value-Chain Activities. - Michael Hazzan, Irene Jones.Emergency Preplanning in Pipeline Construction. - Chuck Goode, Tim Brabazon.Reducing Value Chain Vulnerability to Terrorist Attacks - A.M. (Tony) Downes.Case Histories II Planery Session.Lessons Learned from a Major Accident Involving Uncontrolled Molten Sodium Release. - A. Wilson, R. De Cort, W. Crumpton.Emergency Response to a Non-Collision HAZMAT Release from a Railcar. - R.A. Ogle, D.R. Morrison, M. J. Viz.CSB Incident Investigation. - John B. Vorderbrueggen.Layer of Protection Analysis Plenary Session.Managing the Financial Risks of Major Accidents. - Luke Chippindall, Dennis Butts.Initiating Event Frequency Case Study: Electrolytic Cell Process. - Stanley Urbanik.Use of Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) within The Dow Chemical Company. - Tim Overton, Tim Wagner.Legal and Regulatory Issues Plenary Session.Implementing Personnel and Organizational Management of Change (P&O MOC) Processes. - Frank Broussard, Heather Harriss.Major Hazard Control in Canada: A Change in the Regulatory Landscape. - Graham D. Creedy, John S. Shrives, Gerry Phillips.Defending OSHA Facility Siting Citations. - Mark S. Dreux.The ATEX Directives: Explosion Safety and Regulation - The European Approach. - N.H.A. Versloot, A.J.J. Kelin, M. De Maaijer.Poster Session.Thermal Stability of Materials During Storage and Transport. - Bob Venugopal.Theory of Incident and its Prediction in the Process Industry. - Jenq-Renn Chen.