Natural gas fires are rare, but they can happen. That’s why our Nebraska operations in the north and south regions recently hosted fire safety training in both Lincoln and O’Neill, Nebraska.

The training provided firefighters an opportunity to practice techniques to effectively contain and extinguish actual natural gas fires under controlled circumstances.

In one exercise, firefighters use fire hoses and chemical extinguishers to put out a controlled natural gas fire fed by a pipe leading under an old automobile. The result simulates the potential outcome when a car strikes a gas meter. Simulated pipeline punctures and other sources of natural gas fires were also created.   

More than 40 firefighters from O’Neill and Lincoln and other communities in their mutual independent aid groups participated in the natural gas education and safety training session led by our natural gas operations trainers.

 “Natural gas has an excellent safety record, and fires are rare,” said Don, Operations Manager. “The best way to learn the traits of natural gas and gain experience in fighting a natural gas fire is during a training exercise like this.”

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