Research on Explosion-Proof Wall Layout in Integrated Energy Supply Stations

Hydrogen could revolutionise the world in terms of transportation, power and technology. The shift to this cleaner fuel has already begun, but it comes with issues that will present emergency services and those throughout global civil protection with significant challenges. The result of a growth in hydrogen production and it's use as a fuel will be an increase in hydrogen related incidents which will require the support of the emergency services and response organisations. These incidents can be mitigated by immediate collaboration with industry, training with qualified organisations and a strong awareness of lessons from previous incidents.

From a unique perspective through collaboration with international government bodies, the chemical industry and global fire and rescue services, Ricardo’s NCEC team can discuss a wide variety of real life hydrogen incidents, the takeaways from these and the lessons learnt to reduce the chances of similar happening again. With over 150 years of emergency services experience in the team, the session will focus on the response to and management of the incidents, along with highlighting the appropriate processes and policies by discussing learnings from previous incidents involving hydrogen. It is only through collaboration that responders are going to develop so this session will be interactive - requesting audience members to discuss incidents they are aware of, their own experiences and how they would best respond to incidents highlighted by Ricardo's team.