Emergency Planning: Preparedness, Prevention and Response

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.