Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) · Professional · Corporate
PSTHSE
Petroleum Storage Tank Firefighting
Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE)
Professional level
10 Modules
40 Topics
Corporate
In-house or live virtual
Certification
Blue Ocean Academy certificate
PSTHSE
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About the PSTHSE Program
Petroleum Storage Tank Firefighting prepares emergency response teams to handle fires and spills at tank farms and terminals. The program covers tank types and failure modes, fuel behavior, foam chemistry and application rates, fixed and mobile systems, cooling strategy, incident command and post incident recovery. Teams learn to calculate foam and water demand, build pre incident plans and coordinate a controlled attack. Delivered in-house at the client's premises or live virtual for response and operations teams.
What You Will Learn
- Understand tank designs and their typical failure modes
- Analyze fuel behavior including boilover and slopover risks
- Apply foam selection and application rate calculations
- Design cooling and exposure protection strategies
- Evaluate fixed foam systems and mobile equipment capability
- Implement incident command for a tank farm emergency
- Build pre incident plans for each tank and bund
- Manage post incident recovery, containment and reporting
What you take away
Skills You'll Build
Foam application
Tank fire tactics
Incident command
Pre incident planning
Core Topics
Who Is This Program For?
Emergency response teams
Attack tank fires with a real plan
Terminal operations staff
Act correctly in the first minutes
Fire officers
Command tank farm incidents confidently
HSE managers
Verify foam stocks and system readiness
Maintenance engineers
Keep fixed foam systems reliable
Tank farm supervisors
Build pre incident plans for every tank
What's Included?
Delivery at your site or live virtual for your team- Foam calculation sheets, plan templates and a participant workbook
- Tabletop exercises built on your own tank farm
- Blue Ocean Academy certificate of completion for each participant
Blue Ocean Academy
Corporate training terms and scheduling policies apply
Course Outline
- Tank types, roofs and seals
- Bunds, drainage and separation distances
- Product properties and flash points
- Historic tank fire scenarios
Every participant receives a Blue Ocean Academy certificate of completion
Choose How You Learn
Showcase Your Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) Expertise
Every participant receives a Blue Ocean Academy certificate that can be verified by their employer. Corporate clients receive a completion report for the whole cohort.
Digital Certificate
Verifiable Credential
Professional Recognition
Cohort Completion Report
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