FIRE FIGHTING

PUMPING SYSTEMS
AT INDUSTRIAL
FACILITIES
by
Dennis P. Nolan, P.E.
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NOYES PUBLICATIONS
Westwood, New Jersey, U.S.A.
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Copyright 0 1998 by Dennis P. Nolan
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 97-44016
Printed in the United States
Published in the United States of America by
Noyes Publications
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ISBN 0-8155-1428-X
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Nolan, Dennis P.
Fire fighting pumping systems at industrial facilities / by Dennis
P. Nolan.
p. cm.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Industrial buildings--Fires and fire prevention--Equipment and
ISBN 0-8155-1428-X
supplies. 2. Fire pumps. I. Title.
TH9363.N65 1998 97-44016
628.925-dc21 CIP
Dedicated to
Kushal, Allam, Zebulon and Anastasia
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About The Author
Dennis P. Nolan has had a long career devoted to risk engineering, fire
protection engineering, loss prevention engineering and system safety
engineering. He holds a Master of Science degree in Systems Management
from Florida Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science degree in
Fire Protection Engineering from the University of Maryland. He is also a
U.S. registered Fire Protection Engineering Professional Engineer in the
State of California.
He is currently associated with the Fire Prevention Engineering staff of the
Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco), located in Abqaiq, Saudi
Arabia, site of some of the largest oil and gas fields in the world. This
operation also contains the largest oil & gas production and separation
facilities in the world. The magnitude of the risks, worldwide sensitivity and
foreign location make this one of the highly critical Highly Protected Risk
(HPR) operations in the world. He has also been associated with Boeing,
Lockheed, Marathon Oil Company and Occidental Petroleum Corporation in
various fire protection engineering, risk and safety roles. These positions
were in several locations in the United States and overseas. As part of his
career, he has examined oil production, refining and marketing facilities in
various severe and unique worldwide locations, including Africa, Asia,
Europe, the Middle East, Russia and North & South America. His activity
in the aerospace field has included engineering support for the NASA Space
Shuttle launch facilities at Kennedy Space Center (and those undertaken at
Vandenburg Air Force Base, California) and Star Wars defense systems.
Mr. Nolan has received numerous safety awards and is a member of the
American Society of Safety Engineers, National Fire Protection Association,
Society of Petroleum Engineers, and the Society of Fire Protection
Engineers. He was a member of the Fire Protection Working Group of the
UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA). He is the author of many
technical papers. He has written two previous books Application of
HAZOP and What-If Safety Reviews to the Petroleum, Petrochemical and
Chemical Industries, and the Handbook of Fire and Explosion Engineering
Principles for Oil, Gas, Chemical and Related Facilities, which are both
widely referred to within the petroleum, chemical and other industries. Mr.
Nolan has also been listed in Whos Who in California for the last ten
years and has been nominated to appear in the 1 6 ~ Edition of Whos Who
in the World.
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content is authentic, timely and relevant to the industry
today; however, no representation or warranty is made to
its accuracy, completeness or reliability.
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responsibility or liability to any person or organization
for loss or damage caused, or believed to be caused,
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advice or other professional services. It is up to the
reader to investigate and assess his own situations. If
such a study discloses a need for legal or other
professional assistance then the reader should seek and
engage the services of qualified professionals.
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