2013 Course Guide (working doc).pub - Northeast Gas Association

12:00 – 1:15
Lunch in Salmanson Dining Room
1:15 – 2:15
Fundamentals of Odorizaon and Odor Level Tesng
John Rafferty, Vice President
Powell Controls, Inc.
This class will explore the history of odorizaon, why ulies
odorizer, the types of chemicals used for odorizaon, types of
odorizers, Codes & Standards pertaining to odorizaon,
praccal odorizaon handling, odor level tesng, and how to
generate a complete odorizaon program. This class will review
in detail the curriculum necessary for NGA OQ Tasks 68 and 69.
2:30 ‐‐ 3:45
Fundamentals of Odorizaon and Odor Level Tesng,
(Connued)
13:45 – 4:00
Aernoon Break
4:00 – 5:00
Work Site Safety
Rick Denham, Safety Manager
Ryan Dinneen, Safety Officer
R.H. White Construcon Company
This session will discuss general industry safety with emphasis
on safety culture and will give an introducon into a
contractor’s perspecve on work site safety. This class will
highlight specific emphasis on (PS) pre‐planning process, PPE,
daily safety plan, hazard assessment, excavaon safety, traffic/
pedestrian control, equipment safety, material handling and
lessons learned.
Friday, June 7
8:00—9:15
Incident Command
William Scoble, Fire Chief
Westwood Fire Department
James Puleo, Deputy Fire Chief
Mansfield Fire Department
Interacon between the Fire Department and the Gas Ulity at
the scene of incidents is vital to public safety. This course
explains the Fire Department’s Incident Command Procedures
and the interacon with the gas ulity in making the scene safe.
The instructors will explain how it is more effecve when the
ulity’s procedures correspond with the Incident Command
Procedures.
2013 NGA Gas Operations School
SAFETY TRACK
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9:30—10:45
Fire Invesgaon
William Scoble, Fire Chief
Westwood Fire Department
James Puleo, Deputy Fire Chief
Mansfield Fire Department
Incident Command explains the interacon between the Fire
Department and the Gas Ulity at the scene of an incident.
Fire Invesgaon will explain how the ulity company should
work with the Fire Department to secure the scene as well as
their role in the invesgaon. While on the scene, the ulity
personnel should begin their invesgaon by deciding on what
type of incident they have encountered. What is the cause of
the fire? Is the incident caused by natural gas? What should
you look for? The instructors will explain the burning
characteriscs of various materials to assist you in your
determinaon.
10:45—11:00
Morning Break
11:00—12:00
Terrorism
William Scoble, Fire Chief
Westwood Fire Department
James Puleo, Deputy Fire Chief
Mansfield Fire Department
This class will focus on the interacon of the Fire Department,
the Ulity, Fire Marshall and the Office of Homeland Security
in today’s world. What are some of the quesons and answers
we need to know on how we define Terrorism?
11:00—12:00
DEMONSTRATION (new date and me)
Flame Retardant PPE Clothing ‐ Classroom
Brian E. Foy, Thermal Specialist, DuPont
Jeff Blodge, Environmental Health
and Safety Manager
Columbia Gas of Massachuses/
NiSource