Appendix H Trans Mountain Tank Farm Fire Protection Meeting INTER OFFICE MEMORANDUM

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1 2015 May Appendix H 1 Appendix H Trans Mountain Tank Farm Fire Protection Meeting Fire Department Administration Division INTER OFFICE MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: BURNABY FIRE DEPARTMENT RECORDS CHRIS BOWCOCK DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF DATE: 2014 June 18 SUBJECT: MEETING MINUTES KINDER MORGAN TRANS MOUNTAIN TANK FARM CURRENT FACILITY FIRE PROTECTION Date: May 30, Location: Office of the Fire Chief Burnaby Fire Department Fire Station #1 Administration 4867 Sperling Avenue Burnaby, BC

2 2015 May Appendix H 2 Attendees: Doug McDonaldFire Chief Burnaby Fire Department Chris Bowcock Deputy Fire Chief Burnaby Fire Department Rob Hadden Director, Western Region Kinder Morgan Canada Troy Edwards Fire Protection Specialist Kinder Morgan Contractor Kelly Malinoski ER & Security Advisor Kinder Morgan Canada 1. Meeting commenced with Doug McDonald thanking Kinder Morgan representatives for coming and stated that as agreed upon at the acceptance of the meeting invitation, the scope of the discussion was to focus on the status of current Trans Mountain Tank Farm (TMTF) Fire Protection only in an effort to respect the regulatory application-review process being under taken by the National Energy Board with respect to the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion Project. 2. Doug McDonald re-stated the original premise proposed by Kinder Morgan of the meeting as an informal discussion. No agenda was presented and no discussion or agreement was made as to the taking of formal meeting minutes or by whom formal meeting minutes would be taken. 3. It was agreed upon that that the Burnaby Fire Department needs to understand the current status of the TMTF fire protection capability and emergency preparedness. It was agreed upon that the Kinder Morgan needs to understand what the Burnaby Fire Department requires of the TMTF fire protection capability and emergency preparedness. 4. Rob Hadden stated that he agrees that the fire/safety risks of a sulfur based gas release, toxic smoke discharge and tank fire boilover are valid event potentials. 5. Doug McDonald described the current level of service provided by the Burnaby Fire Department with specific respect to hydrocarbon facility emergency response. Doug

3 2015 May Appendix H 3 McDonald identified that the level of service currently provided by the Burnaby Fire Department has not changed in premise in greater than 30 years. The Burnaby Fire Department s expectation has always been consistent with the hydrocarbon facilities located in Burnaby, in that the hydrocarbon company would provide a Fire Brigade and we would support when our resources are available, with the secondary operations of water supply and exposure protection under the direction and expertise of their staff. Specifically, the Burnaby Fire Department s priority is to ensure and actively protect public safety, and as personnel and equipment are available, to secondarily provide nontechnical hydrocarbon firefighting operations if possible to support the hydrocarbon facility s role as the primary emergency responder within the facility fenceline. 6. Chris Bowcock stated that the Burnaby Fire Department will respond to TMTF emergency events as the primary responder to conduct operations to rescue endangered facility staff and for facility structural firefighting operations within the buildings of the TMTF facility. The Burnaby Fire Department may if available provide secondary water supply operations such as relay pumping or secondary discharge of cooling water streams from safe operating positions to support the TMTF facility as it conducts primary fire attack operations. 7. Troy Edwards asked Chris Bowcock directly how the Burnaby Fire Department would operate at a hypothetical highway gasoline transport truck fire. 8. Chris Bowcock responded by stating that the Burnaby Fire Department would respond to protect the public from the event hazard, to isolate evacuate and restrict access to the hazard area and to provide exterior water streams to contain the fire event in order to prevent fire extension. Chris Bowcock stated that in this hypothetical event the shipper is responsible for the primary technical emergency response to events created by transport of their dangerous goods. 9. Chris Bowcock stated that this level of service provided by the Burnaby Fire Department in the hypothetical highway gasoline transport truck fire is consistent with a hypothetical event occurring from the release of chlorine gas from a rail tanker. The Burnaby Fire Department would respond to protect the public from the event hazard, to isolate, evacuate and restrict access to the hazard area. Chris Bowcock stated that in this hypothetical event the shipper, in this case the chlorine gas manufacturer is responsible for the primary technical emergency response to the event, through its industry response team, for the capping or release control of the rail car. In this case the Burnaby Fire Department would support the industrial responder with secondary Hazardous Material Team operations. 10. Chris Bowcock stated that the Burnaby Fire Department takes the role as the primary response agency for structural firefighting in the City of Burnaby. Chris Bowcock stated

4 2015 May Appendix H 4 that the industrial hydrocarbon company in the City of Burnaby is responsible to provide the primary technical hydrocarbon industrial fire operations. 11. Doug McDonald stated that the Burnaby Fire Department has received hazardous materials awareness level training from specific chemical industrial response teams. Doug McDonald stated that the training Kinder Morgan provided the Burnaby Fire Department with regards to Tank Fire theory and site tours was characterized and agreed upon as awareness level training at the agreement to participate. 12. Troy Edwards stated that if the Burnaby Fire Department entered into a Mutual Aid agreement with the TMTF, the fire protection resources of the Trans Mountain Tank Farm could be made available to the Burnaby Fire Department for incident such as the hypothetical highway gasoline transport truck fire described earlier. 13. Doug McDonald stated that the Burnaby Fire Department is currently entered into a mutual aid agreement with the other regional fire departments. Doug McDonald stated that Burnaby Fire Department has often responded on a mutual basis with smaller departments, but often these smaller departments are incapable of reciprocating the service. 14. Doug McDonald also stated that he would speak with senior City Managers about the Fire Department entering into a memorandum of understanding regarding roles & responsibilities at Kinder Morgan sites for current operations only. 15. Troy Edwards provided a summary of the improvements made to the TMTF fire protection capability over the last 9 years, and stated clearly that these improvements are independent of the expansion and are intended to be replaced if there is an expansion. 16. Troy Edwards identified the current TMTF fire protection resources as including: Foam Trailer 500 usgal Fluoroprotein Electric Fire Pump 1000 usgpm Diesel Fire Pump 1000 usgpm Fire Water Reservoir with sufficient water volume to provide a 65 minute full surface fire attack on largest tank 17. Troy Edwards identified the coming TMTF fire protection resource end of August 2014 as including: Water Pump 4000 usgpm

5 2015 May Appendix H 5 Foam System with an around the pump foam proportioning to supply Fire Water Main with Foam Solution for facility distribution Foam Concentrate Tank 10,000 usgal AFFF Mobile Trailered Foam Monitor capable discharging Foam Solution at 6000 usgpm 18. Troy Edwards stated that the TMTF fire protection system has been re-designed, upgraded and includes UV/IR detection. 19. Chris Bowcock asked if the TMTF possesses the equipment and trained personnel resources to extinguish a full surface tank fire at the largest tank on the TMTF facility. 20. Troy Edwards stated that the TMTF has no personnel trained operate the mobile fire protection equipment to execute the extinguishment of a TMTF full surface tank fire. Troy Edwards stated that the TMTF has equipment on-site to ensure a timely response to a full surface tank fire. 21. Chris Bowcock asked if the TMTF possesses the equipment and trained personnel resources to extinguish a rim seal fire. 22. Troy Edwards stated yes, but with a significant delay on night shift. 23. Chris Bowcock asked if the TMTF possesses the equipment and trained personnel resources to extinguish or suppress a dike spill/fire. 24. Troy Edwards stated that the TMTF would be unable to extinguish or suppress a dike spill/fire during night shift. 25. Chris Bowcock inquired about the status of the Lower Burrard Mutual Aid Group. 26. Kelly Malinoski stated that the mutual aid agreement is not intact. Kelly Malinoski stated that Kinder Morgan has attempted several times to reform the mutual group but currently without success. 27. Troy Edwards stated that Kamloops Fire Department and Kinder Morgan have an intact mutual aid agreement.

6 2015 May Appendix H Chris Bowcock asked how Kinder Morgan would characterize their current relationship with the Strathcona County Fire Department. 29. Troy Edwards stated that they have a very good mutual working relationship with the Strathcona County Fire Department. 30. Troy Edwards offered additional training to the Burnaby Fire Department that could be provided on a flexible format. 31. Chris Bowcock stated that training in the Burnaby Fire Department is schedule one (1) year in advance, and that the scheduling of this training could not take place immediately and much management and schedule modification would be required to allocate the time necessary. 32. Chris Bowcock asked if the TMTF had an Emergency Response Plan. 33. Kelly Malinoski stated that that there is not an Emergency Response Plan specific for the TMTF, but a general Emergency Response Plan applicable for all Kinder Morgan facilities along and including the current pipeline. 34. Chris Bowcock stated that in the Kinder Morgan Emergency Response Plan the section on the TMTF was not provided to the Burnaby Fire Department when requested September 2013, based on a security premise. 35. Chris Bowcock asked if the TMTF had specific tank and spill fire protocols for the TMTF. 36. Kelly Malinoski stated that an Emergency Response Plan for the TMTF was being developed. 37. Tory Edwards stated that tank farm fire protocols will be developed in the future, and Kinder Morgan would appreciate any input as to format the Burnaby Fire Department could provide.

7 2015 May Appendix H Kelly Malinoski identified and presented the opportunity for the Burnaby Fire Department to attend the coming Kinder Morgan Westridge facility Boom Deployment exercise on June 24, 2014 from 0900 to Kelly Malinoski stated that the invitation has also been extended to Transport Canada, Port of Metro Vancouver and the Burnaby RCMP. Chris Bowcock Deputy Fire Chief :cb