Combatting LNG fines requires special rules

摘要

When Tom Guldner, president of the Marine Firefighting Institute, trains tugboat crews how to fight an LNG fire, he has to combat the major misconception that they will use water to put out the fire. "It's the first thing I have to teach the crews of these boats," he said. "The massive quantities of water they have are not going to be used to extinguish the fire. You cannot extinguish an LNG fire with water." If the ignition source has been cut off and the LNG is not in a confined space, the best thing to do is let the fire burn and consume the gases. "For LNG, unless it sits contained, there will not be an explosion," Guldner said. "And an LNG cloud in the atmosphere will not cause an explosion unless it gets into a confined space."