The FDIC International Industrial Fire summit brought together fire department leaders from various industries to tackle critical challenges, guidelines, leadership, mutual help and best practice in industrial edge security. The Summit participants included fire fighting managers from manufacturing systems, chemical plants, oil refineries and petrochemical systems, power plants, warehouses and sales centers, metal and steel mills, text grinders, pharmaceuticals, automotive threads, aerospace factories and more.
The industrial summit offered specific opportunities with industrial colleagues for discussions, best practice sharing and networking. The morning program of the summit, for example, included open discussions about some current topics and topics from the perspective of the industrial emergency reaction. Rick Hasse, a coordinator of the summit, said the summit had given the participants for some time to network in groups to understand what the hot buttons in the industrial world are from the perspective of the emergency reaction.
In addition, two classroom meetings of industrial fire fighting were dedicated. One was on the use of the foam not fluorinated by Brad Bozinski. “Brad was involved in many tests on the non -fluorinated foam, so that he has a large background in this area and has many, many years in an emergency area,” said Hasses. In addition, Hasse presented a class about how the proposed OSHA emergency standard could have an impact on both the emergency reaction teams and the municipal fire brigade. He said he had delivered some ideas, so “even if they did not follow the proposed standard, there are things that they can do now to prepare for them.” Hasse added that the organizers have passed the main programs themselves to identify a number of classes that can be of interest to those with an industrial background. He said they hope that this will grow in the future. “As we do these network meetings, we would like to find out what people think from the industrial perspective.”
Overall, Hasse encourages the communities to use events such as the Industrial Fire Summit. “There are many industrial resources and industrial organizations that are out there – much more than what people recognize – but most people don't even know that they are out there,” he said. “Many of the local communities miss the boat and the kind of resources that are available for a possible reaction in the community. Most of these industries are more than ready to help if possible.”