Mass Flow Technology, Inc. Operations Manager Claude Nowlin details techniques and principles to follow for starting up a new flow meter as well as trouble shooting existing meters in an industrial facility. From their gravimetric flow calibration laboratory located in Baytown, Texas, Nowlin utilizes a Coriolis flow meter manufactured by Micro Motion to illustrate some of the points and principles discussed during the training.

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX. -  First In Rescue, Safety and Training or F.I.R.S.T, a safety services company based in Deer Park, Texas, conducted high angle rescue and confined space rescue training for the Houston Fire Department Technical Rescue Team on board the USS Lexington Aircraft Carrier (Ret.) docked in Corpus Christi, Texas. Logan Reininger, Director of Operations for F.I.R.S.T described the training. "We wanted to give the HFD Rescue Team a challenging venue for their training and decide on the USS Lexington. It gives many different scenarios for high angle rescue, repelling and confined space rescue that you can't find at the standard fire department training field. This makes the rescuer have to think out of the box and become more creative when in an emergency situation and some ones life is in the balance. We repelled off the top of the ship, conducted numerous confined space entries, pick-offs and lowers with live patients in the stokes baskets."

At approximately 11 p.m. Friday, July 1, 2011, a break occurred in a 12-inch pipeline under the Yellowstone River 20 miles upstream from Billings, Montana. The ruptured pipeline is owned by ExxonMobil Pipeline Company. According to the company, an estimated 1,000 barrels of oil entered the river before the pipeline was closed. EPA is leading the response in close coordination with the state of Montana and other federal agencies.

PASADENA, TX. UVAC Environmental Rentals Mechanical Services Division perform major repair, rebuilds and refits of industrial Vacuum Loaders by Vactor, Guzzler, GapVax, Keith Huber and a PresVac warranty center. UVAC's repair facility is equipped with a five ton overhead crane and all the equipment necessary to perform large lifts and repairs. The facility has a complete welding and machine shop for in-house custom manufacturing of specialized parts and equipment that translates into big savings for the customer. UVAC's mechanical staff is ASE certified and specialize in diesel truck repair, inspection and fleet maintenance and use the highest quality OEM parts, bumper to bumper. UVAC is also certified to perform frame starching and shortening on commercial trucks.

Oil-slicked Pelican found near TC Port Released. The bird was cared for at Wildlife Response Services in Seabrook, Texas.

HOUSTON, TX - The Ethyl Corporation, Houston facility, recently contracted with CleanCo Systems Industrial Service Company to perform Chemical Cleaning on two of the facilities fixed shell tube heat exchangers. Tim Green, General Manager of CleanCo Systems and project supervisor explains, “The fixed tube exchanger presents a challenge for cleaning the shell side of the exchanger. The tubes are permanently welded in the shell or casing and in order to clean the surfaces of contaminates, fouling and oil or grease we utilize our chemical cleaning system and specialized equipment.”

SULPHUR, LA. First In Rescue, Safety and Training, LLC. (F.I.R.S.T.), a safety services company located in Deer Park, Texas, conducted industrial fire training school for the Kaneka Texas Corporation Emergency Response Team at the Calcasieu Emergency Response Training Center in Sulphur, Louisiana.

This Nov. 30 – Dec. 1, owners, operators and responders from around the world will converge in San Antonio, Texas for CLEAN GULF 2011.  Attendees this year will experience a greatly expanded educational program, which now includes two co-located events: the Deepwater Prevention & Response Conference and INDUSTRIAL FIRE, SAFETY & SECURITY.  After a record breaking 20th anniversary event last year in Tampa which attracted 2,662 attendees from 46 states and 28 foreign countries, the most in the event’s history, event organizers have very high expectations for the preeminent oil spill training event.

TEXAS CITY — Cleanup continues along the southern shores of the Texas City Dike after a weekend oil spill that sent about 2,500 gallons of fuel oil into the water.

While most of the oil that spilled from a Buffalo Marine Service barge Friday night had been removed from the water, crews have yet to get all of the oil off the rocks that line the first mile of the dike where much of the oil washed up.

First in Rescue, Safety and Training, LLC. offers firefighting training to Industrial Emergency Response Teams throughout the U.S.A. Utilizing the latest in firefighting techniques and equipment, the FIRST team of emergency response trainers will deliver the hands on experience and real world scenarios that will equip your team to handle emergencies in the safest and most effective way possible.