1 What do you mean by LPA - Agency assisting in fire insurance to Indian

Insurance Companies?
Ans Loss Prevention Association
2 What is the theme for Fire day 2004?
Ans "Learn not to burn - Cultivate Fire Safety Awareness"
3 Name the vessel involved in an explosion which resulted in the showering of
Golden Ingots at Victoria dock Bombay on 14 Apr 1944?
Ans MT FORT STRIKINE
4 NFPA 704 Diamond signifies the four types of hazards, Which are they?
Ans Identification of hazards of material. Viz Health, Flammable, Reactivity &
Special information(hazards)
5 Who is Chairman of District Crisis Group and Mutal Aid Scheme - Jamnagar
District?
Ans Collector & District Magistrate
6 Which is the Product involved in the Explosion and Fire at Algeria Refienry?
Ans LNG

Spot Quiz Competition - Direct Round
Round 1.
1 Expand the term STEL
Ans Short Term Exposure Limit
2 Expand the term IDLH
Ans Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health
3 Expand the term MECC
Ans Mobile Emergency Control Center
4 Expand the term MCA
Ans Maximum Creadible Accident
5 Expand the term AFFF
Ans Aqueous Film Forming foam
6 Expand the term GWP
Ans Global Warming Potential
1 What is the base chemical of ABC type Dry Chemical Powder used in Fire
Extinguisher?
Ans Mono-Ammonium Phosphate
2 What is the chemical name of FM-200?
Ans Hepta-Flouro Propane (C3HF7)
3 What is the location of lightening arrestor installed at MTF?
Ans Lightening arrestor spike at top of Lighting Mast
4 What is the color of Liquid filled in QBDs available in deluge system?
Ans Yellow
5 What is the total duration of SCBA set available at Sulfur plant?
Ans 45 minutes toal / 30 min effective working duration/15 min escape time
6 Which is the halogen derivative of hydrocarbon used for fire fighting? It is
banned for use now.
Ans Halon1211 / Halon 1301(Bromo Chloro difluro Methane / BromoTri fluro Methane) banned
due to OzoneDepleting Potential
7 What is the quantity of CO2 gas in gms, used for 10 kg DCP fire extinguisher?
Ans 200 Gms
8 Who will be the Incident Controller in case of emergency at Marine jetty,
Ans DPC (Duty Port Captain)
Spot Quiz Competition - Direct Round
Supplementary Question
Spot Quiz Competition - Direct Round
Round 2. - Expand the term
VISUAL ROUND
SN Active Fire Equipment Visuals Answers
1
Identify this part of 10 kg DCP Fire
Extinguisher
DCP Extinguisher Squiz Grip Nozzle
2 Identify this part of SCBA Set SCBA Set Demand Regulator
3 Identify this part of Fire Delivery Hose Delivery Hose Male Coupling
4 Identify this part of CO2 Fire Extinguisher CO2 Extinguisher Discharge Horn
5
Identify this part of 75 kg DCP Fire
Extinguisher
75 kg DCP
Extinguisher
Discharge hose
6 Identify this part of Fire Water Monitor Water Monitor Locking Lever
SN F & G System Visuals Answer
1
Identify This Device & its Most Suitable
Location?
DGT Toxic Hazard
2
Identify This Device & its Most Suitable
Location?
DSO Inside building
3
Identify This Device & its Most Suitable
Location?
DFX (UV/IR) Pump bay /Gantry
4
Identify This Device & its Most Suitable
Location?
DGH
Battery Room,
Hydrogen Plant,
5
Identify This Device & its Most Suitable
Location?
DFI Pump bay /Gantry
6
Identify This Device & its Most Suitable
Location?
DGC Pump bay /Gantry
7
Identify This Device & its Most Suitable
Location?
DFU Pump bay /Gantry
Question :
Name the three emergency control centers to be operated during emergency at
Marine jetty?
Ans : CECR(War room), MECC, POC
Question :
How many level of emergency are categorised in MEMP?
Ans : Level 1,2 and 3
Question :
What are the different types of siren tone are there in our complex?
Ans : 1. Fire/Combustible gas release 2. Toxic release 3. Air raid 4. All clear
Question :
Level 3 emergency situation is the one - complete the sentence
Ans : Emergency affecting neighbouring area out of complex.
Question :
During level 2 emergency Incident controller reports to CEC. At present who is
IC and CEC?
Ans : SSM and Site president PKK
Question :
Which is the MCA ( maximum credible accident) as per MEMP wrt to RTF?
Ans : LPG Sphere in RTF
Question :
How many branches are stored in CHS?
Ans : 04 nos
Question :
What is the diameter of fire fighting hose stored in CHS?
Ans : 63mm / 21/2"
Question :
How many white colour hoses are stored in CHS?
Ans : Nil (white colour hoses are for hot work, not to be kept in CHS)
Question :
Describe any situation where the CHS equipment to be used?
Ans : Emergency in the plant wrt fire, leak, release
Question :
As per procedure HSE-F104, what is the inspection frequency of CHS and its
equipment?
Ans : Quarterly (once in 3 month)
Question :
Which department is responsible to replace the damaged equipment of CHS?
Ans : Fire (HSEF)
MEMP (Major Emergency Management Plan)
Choice Round
Central Hose Station
Question :
Name any four independant fire water network systems in our complex?
Ans : 1-RPA, 2-RTF, 3-MTF, 4-Marine Jetty, 5-Lo-Lo Jetty
Question :
What is the maximum period for which the diesel engine driven fire pump can
continuouly run without diesel refilling?
Ans : 6 Hrs.
Question :
The auto start of main fire pump in sequence is based on two parameters? Name
both parameters?
Ans : Low pressure input signal from PT and time lapse of 20 seconds
Question :
What is the electric protection measure available to avoid damage / corrosion to
the underground fire water network?
Ans : Cathodic Protection (CP)
Question :
Fire water network has isolation valves. As per HSE-F 104 procedure who is
responsible to maintain the ISBL and OSBL I/V?
Ans : ISBL - Respective plant, OSBL - Utility
Question :
In case of major fire, the fire water reservoir will last for how many hours, if the
reservoir is full as per design basis?
Ans : 6 Hrs.

Question :
What is the pressure available in QBD loop of tank detection system?
Ans : 2.2 bar / As per vandor
Question :
Name any four modes of operation for INBAL make deluge at LPG Sphere?
Ans : 1-QBD release, 2-DV control panel manual air release, 3-SOV thru C/R 4- DV
water priming valve water manual release, 5-Manual bypass
Question :
What is the rate of application of water on tank surface to be protected from
exposure heat?
Ans : 10.2 lpm/m2
Question :
What is the rate of application of water for hot pump deluge system?
Ans : 20.4 lpm/m2
Question :
For LPG sphere what is the water application rate?
Ans : 10.2 lpm/m2 , leg cooling 5.1 lpm/m2, summer cooling - 2 lpm/m2, Cryogenic
roof top 3 lpm/m2
Question :
In case of power failure, all DVs in the respective PIB will actuate at once, can
you explain the logic?
Ans : Solenoid valve logic is power fail to open
Fire Water Network
Deluge Water Spray System
Question :
BA set refilling is to be carried out one it is empty/less pressure. If it is not used
for a long period, what is the maximum period the cylinder can be used without
refilling?
Ans : 6 months
Question :
What is the function of demand regulator in SCBA set?
Ans : Supply the air as per wear's demand and maintain slightly +ve pressure(1.014bar
in face mask)
Question :
If the 300 bar BA cylinder PG shows a 200 bar reading, what is the total
effective duration of set?
Ans : 15 min effective + 15 min escape = 30 minutes
Question :
SCBA set working duration is based on average consuption rate of the wearer.
What is that average rate of consumption?
Ans : 40 lpm
Question :
Why the escape set should not be used to carry out maintenance in the toxic
area?
Ans : Escape set is only for escape and not for working in toxic area. Wearer cannot
establish the leftover time in case of escape set.
Question :
Who is responsible for visual inspection and preservation of SCBA set at
respective plant area?
Ans : User / Plant

Question :
Which is the gas used to super-pressurise the FM 200?
Ans : Nitrogen
Question :
How many FM 200 cylinder are there in smallest size PIB?
Ans : 7
Question :
How many pilot cylinders are there in a PIB 20 having 11 nos of FM200
cylinders?
Ans : 2 nos.
Question :
How many slave cylilnders are there in a PIB having 7 nos. of FM200 cylinders?
Ans : 5 nos.
Question :
Minimum concentration of FM200 gas required to extinguish fire in PIB?
Ans : 7.20%
Question :
Which chemical family of hydrocarbon FM200 belongs to?
Ans : Fluorinated Alkane / Halogenated HC (Hepta fluro propane)
SCBA Set
FM - 200 Total flooding system
No FLASH Team Answer
1 Escape Set Warning Whistle Operates At 40bar. FALSE
2 MEMP stands for: Major Emergency Management Plan. TRUE
3 CO2 Extinguishers Have Safety Valves. TRUE
4 Water To Steam Expansion Is roughly 1700 Times. TRUE
5 Restriction Orifices Increase Discharge Pressure of Hydrant Valves. FALSE
6 Oxygen is a non combustible gas. TRUE
7 FM-200 gas is Environment Friendly. TRUE
8 Foam can not be used on fire involving VGO FALSE
9 75kg DCP Extinguishers Have 1kg Of CO2 As Expellant. FALSE
10 The total working duration of SCBA in RIL is 45 minutes TRUE
Spot Quiz Competition - Rapid Fire Round
No INFERNO Team Answer
1 Escape Set Maintains Positive Pressure Inside Facemask. FALSE
2 Frequency of Dry testing of the DV system is once in a year FALSE
3 The Word Flammable And Inflammable Means Same. TRUE
4 All Types Of DCP Extinguisher Have Rupture Disk. FALSE
5 Emergency Phone No. to Fire Control Room is 101 TRUE
6 DCP Extinguishers Are commonly Used To Extinguish Oil Fires. TRUE
7 Fire Fighting Hoses Used In Our Complex Are Fire Proof. FALSE
8 Chlorine gas is heavier than air TRUE
9 Sparks Are Not Generated Inside the Intrinsically Safe Eqpts. FALSE
10 Safe Approach For Toxic Gas Leak Emergency Is Downwind. FALSE
Spot Quiz Competition - Rapid Fire Round
No FIRE Team Answer
1 Dragger SCBA Set 300 Bar Cylinder Has Water Capacity 6 Liters. TRUE
2 White Band Extinguishers are Used For Hot Jobs. FALSE
3 CO2 Extinguishers Have Striking plunger Knob. FALSE
4 Emergency telephone number for medical emergency is 111 TRUE
5 Class "C Fire Means - Fire Involving Flammable Gas. TRUE
6 DCP Extinguishers Have Discharge Horn. FALSE
7 Ammonia gas is lighter than air. FALSE
8 Safe Approach For Combustible Gas Leak Emergency Is Upwind. TRUE
9 LPG -air ratio 50 - 50% volume by volume is highly flammable FALSE
10 Gasoline Floats On Water. TRUE
Spot Quiz Competition - Rapid Fire Round
No SPARK Team Answer
1 SSM will be Chief Emergency Controller in absence of President FALSE
2 TLV means - Threshold Limit Value TRUE
3 Red Hoses Are Used For Hot Works. FALSE
4 DCP Extinguishers Of 20 kg Are available In Refinery Complex. FALSE
5 White Hoses Are Used For Hot Works. TRUE
6 MAB & CES are protected with F & G system TRUE
7 SO2(Sulfur di-oxide) is not a toxic gas FALSE
8 Nitrogen gas is used to pressurise the QBD detection of DV. FALSE
9 Water should not be used on hydrocarbon fire TRUE
10 Sulphuric Acid Is Highly flammable. FALSE
Spot Quiz Competition - Rapid Fire Round
No BLAZE Team Answer
1 Oxygen is 29% in SCBA cylinder FALSE
2 MECC stands for : Major Emergency Control Center. TRUE
3 CO2 Extinguishers Are Best Suited For electronic fire TRUE
4 In our Complex Sirens are Provided For Declaring Level 1 Emergency FALSE


5 Fire Water Header at MTF is charged with sea water TRUE
6 Neoprene rubber used for rim seal of tank is non flammable FALSE
7 Halon Is Environment Friendly gas FALSE
8 QBDs of detection loop discharges water on tank in case of fire FALSE
9 DCP Extinguishers has CO2 gas for dispelling powder. TRUE
10 Liquid Chlorine is moderately flammable. FALSE
Spot Quiz Competition - Rapid Fire Round
No FLAME Team Answer
1
Presently fire water header in RRTF area is charged with sea water
TRUE
2 CECR stands for : Central Emergency Control Center. TRUE
3 After wearing BA set you should not communicate. FALSE
4 One can enter without protection in H2S 5PPM conc. Area TRUE
5 Cotton waste Burns Faster Than Nylon. FALSE
6 There are no aboveground fire water header in our complex FALSE
7
Safe Approach For Handling Fire Emergency is Normally Downwind.
FALSE
8 Gasoline vapours can not ignite if conc is 90% v/v. TRUE
9 Sodium bi carbonate is used in DCP fire extinguisher TRUE
10 Hydrogen is a highly Toxic Gas. FALSE
Spot Quiz Competition - Rapid Fire Round
Steaple Chase Round - Audience
Secanrio No. 1 Piper Alpha Disaster
Clue # 1
Clue # 2
Clue # 3
Clue # 4

Secanrio No. 2 Bhopal Gas Disaster
Clue # 1
Clue # 2
Clue # 3
Clue # 4
Secanrio No. 3 Flixborough Disaster
Clue # 1
Clue # 2
Clue # 3
Clue # 4
Fire Quiz Contest - 2004
Location - 100 miles off the east of scotland in north sea
Major Cause - violation of permit to work system
World's worst offshore petroleum accident
Run-away reaction by the ingress of water into the system was
triggering point
50 tons of Cyclohexane UVCE was the culprit for this disaster at
Nypro in UK
Fire burned for several days and even after ten days rescue
work hampered due to fire
Reason - Reactor by-pass assembly to connect two reactors
Maximum victims were due to smoke inhalation, No escape for
the trapped occupants, workers started jumping into the sea.
There were miraculous escape for the personnel who swam for
hours together.
The world's worst industrial disaster without much mechanical
damage to the installation
American multinational company's pesticide unit having Indian
executives arrested of culpable homicide
After this incident there was a major change of legislation of that
country
28 dead / 53 injured and the day was a weekly off day or else
the death toll would have been more
Secanrio No. 4 HPCL Vizag Refinery Disaster
Clue # 1
Clue # 2
Clue # 3
Clue # 4
Secanrio No. 5 Mexico City Disaster
Clue # 1
Clue # 2
Clue # 3
Clue # 4
An Pan american pilot who has seen the explosion described it
at first as a nuclear explosion.
Location - One of the port city of the country East of Pakistan
The disaster started with a rupture of 8 " LPG Line
Happened in an LPG terminal where LPG was supplied on daily
basis
There was initial fire and followed by series of explosions mostly
BLEVE
The incident happened in an old CALTEX Refinery
6 LPG Spheres and 11 HC storage tanks gutted in fire, No
BLEVE
Complete fire fighting facilities of this unit was damaged in
explosion and fire
Steaple Chase Round
Team - Fire
Incident # 1 - DHT 1 - hot diesel leak
Clue # 1
Clue # 2
Clue # 3
Clue # 4

Incident # 2 - RRTF B/L - PCN leak
Clue # 1
Clue # 2
Clue # 3
Clue # 4
Incident # 3 - LNUU - Reactor R 02 Fire
Clue # 1
Clue # 2
Clue # 3
Clue # 4
Fire Quiz Contest - 2004
Hot hydrocarbon leak at 220 deg C just about auto ignition
temperature
Charge pump XXXP02A was on line @ 65kg/cm2
There was no fire, vapour cloud reached to south side plant B/L
about 200 m
Newly laid 14" branch pipe from 18" main header was de-
blinded at plant B/L without boxing up the flange
Dangerous situation lasting for 7 hrs on top of Reactor XXX R-
02, flames for almost 1 hr
Refinery LP flare header directly opened to atmosphere thru
Reactor top
The cause of fire was air ingress in Reactor and pyrophoric
catalyst caught fire igniting the flare gases also containing H2S
Hot oil splashed from 4" globe valve bonnet flange
The hydrocarbon leak was noticed at 23:10 and transfer pump
stopped only at 00:20 hrs
The leak was initially suspected as LPG leak due to dense white
vapour cloud
There was no fire, spilled hydrocarbon traveled up to storm
water pond # 4 killing number of fishes
There was no mechanical damage due to fire but the catalyst
worth Rs. 80 Lacs was destroyed
Incident # 4 - Parex III involving Hydrocarbon from adsorbant chamber
Clue # 1
Clue # 2
Clue # 3
Clue # 4
Incident # 5 - CPP Tank EE951-006 Light Reformate
Clue # 1
Clue # 2
Clue # 3
Clue # 4
Incident # 6 - DHT I - Hydrogen release from Compressor PG fitting
Clue # 1
Clue # 2
Clue # 3
Clue # 4
Vapour cloud traveled to downwind plant forcing the unit for
shutdown
Tank level was 5 mtr, tank was under receipt and pumping was
going out simultaneously
Tank roof travelled beyond normal height damaging the foam
pourer system
3 nos. DGC actuated almost simultaneously from the adjucent
pumpbay about 15 mtr distance
The unit was opportunity shutdown and BFVs dropped for
inspection
Adsorbant chamber pressure suddenly fell from 5.21 to 0.76
kg/cm2
Heavy leakage of hydrocarbon initially source was not known,
28 DGC alarms actuated from affected unit and nearby units as
well
Exact location of leak could not be identified immediately, DGH
actuated after 30 sec, as the same was in upwind direction
High level switch did not activate due to level switch float not
designed for low density product being stored in the tank
Hydrogen @35 kg/cm2 at 50degC released from 20 mm nozzle
from compressor instrument fitting
There was no fire but loud noise was heard by the field operator
of nearby unit
Failure of threaded joint of compressor PG tapping
Incident # 7 - Coker off gas leak from Compressor was line flange
Clue # 1
Clue # 2
Clue # 3
Clue # 4
Toxic gas up to a distance of 30 mtr downwind and within
compressor area.
It was a gas leak having 6-8% of H2S from the flange joint of
compressor
Main cause of leak was graphite filled(soft) gasket blow out
subsequently replaced with spiral wound gasket
In this operation about 27 SCBA cylinders were consumed
during approx 4 hrs duraion
Direct Question Databank for Fire Quiz Contest
SN Question
Q What is the theme for Fire day 2004?
A "Learn not to burn - Cultivate Fire Safety Awareness"
Q The vessel involved in an explosion which resulted in the showering of Golden Ingots
A MT FORT STRIKINE
Q NFPA 704 Diamond signifies
A Identification of hazards of material. Viz Health, Flammable, Reactivity & Special information
Q Chairman of District Crisis Group and Mutal Aid Scheme - Jamnagar District
A Collector & District Magistrate
Q Product involved in the Explosion and Fire at Algeria Refienry
A LNG
Q
A
Q
A
Q
A
Expand
CEC
Chief Emergency Coordinator
TREM - Card
Transport Emergency Card
BLEVE
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion
IDLH
Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health
MECC
Mobile Emergency Control Center
MCA
Maximum Creadible Accident
ODP
Ozone Depletion Potential
GWP
global Warming Potential
ALT
Atmospheric Life Time
AFFF
Aqueous Film Forming foam
Rapid Fire
Q
A TRUE
Q
A TRUE
Q
A TRUE
Q Floating roof tank containing Class A hydrocarbon is protected with semi-fixed foam pourer system
A TRUE
Q
A TRUE
Q
A TRUE
Q QBD / Quartzoid buld detectors provided for tanks in RTF breaks at 200 deg C
A FALSE
Q Frequency of Dry testing of the Water deluge system is once in a year
A FALSE
Q
A FALSE
Q
Q FALSE
A
Q
A
Q
A
Q
A
For audience
Q expand SMS
A Smoke Management System
Identification of hazards of material. Viz Health, Flammable, Reactivity & Special information
Floating roof tank containing Class A hydrocarbon is protected with semi-fixed foam pourer system
QBD / Quartzoid buld detectors provided for tanks in RTF breaks at 200 deg C