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FIRE SUPPRESSION Personnel Safety Not all the oil in all the tires will be Public Health released as runoff. A large portion of oil tb Environmental Impact will be consumed in an open burn. In 6 Threatened Exposures large piles you can calculate the potential 6 Extent of Fire amount of oil released by multiplying the 6 Need for additional Resources estimated number of tires by 2.5 gallons, tb Cost Analysis which is the amount of oil contained in an average passenger car tire. The estimated Personnel Safety flow of pyrolytic oil from the Winchester, Virginia tire fire was approximately 200 The protection of all personnel working gallons per minute! the tire pile fire is a number one priority. Personnel in and around a tire pile should The estimated flow of water on the fire be equipped with protective clothing and should dictate the capacity of your self-contained breathing apparatus. containment areas. Containment areas should be built to hold 100% of the Public Health volumetric capacity of you calculations. In large tire fires were a volume of oil is Knowing that the smoke plume contains produced, as in the Winchester tire fire, high concentrations of zinc oxide, then this estimated flow should also be polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, factored into the volumetric capacity of volatile organic chemicals, carbon your containment areas. Remember that monoxide, and particulate matter, you oil is lighter than water. If overflow need to determine public evacuation. should occur, it will more than likely float the oil you are trying to contain over the As the smoke plume moves farther away rim of the containment area. from the fire, it will mix and dilute with Oil refinery or waste recovery companies the surrounding atmosphere. Site and identified early in your pre-incident plan local monitoring will give you the necessary data. At the very least, a public should be pressed into service to collect advisory should be posted for the elderly the oil and relieve the chances for and people with respiratory ailments. overflow. Remediating Environmental Impact Historically, the oil produced in tire fires has been reclaimed for reprocessing. While air quality is an immediate concern, Hagersville, Ontario produced 182,000 water and soil quality will become a long gallons of oil, Catskills, New York 20,000 term concern. Hazmat teams should gallons, and in Winchester, Virginia respond to remediate the threat of 800,000 gallons of oil were collected, excessive runoff through dams, dikes, and creating $180,000 worth of revenue. holding ponds. 47