Guidance

Generic risk assessment 3.10: fighting fires in petrochemical plant and pipelines

Generic risk assessment about incidents involving petrochemicals to help fire and rescue authorities to draw up their own risk assessments.

• From: Home Office and Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser
• Published: 4 April 2013
• Last updated: 31 March 2020 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 31 March 2020

This guidance will be held on the National Operational Guidance website.

Applies to England

Documents

Generic risk assessment 3.10: fighting fires in petrochemical plant and pipelines

Ref: ISBN 9780117540552

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Details

This generic risk assessment applies to all fire and rescue authority operations which involve petrochemicals and their derivatives.

The purpose of this assessment is not to address every conceivable hazard that may be presented, but to identify, evaluate and control the ‘significant risks’ which are specifically inherent with these particular incidents.

Published 4 April 2013
Last updated 31 March 2020 + show all updates

1. 31 March 2020

   Archived document.

2. 4 April 2013

   First published.