Webb Murray & Associates provides various fire protection engineering services for refining and chemical facilities. Fire protection projects have included analyzing the existing firewater system, providing cost estimates for fire protection systems, and reviewing proposed fire protection upgrades. Specific fire protection services have included

•  Front-end engineering
•  A hydraulic computer model to simulate available firewater flows
    within the refinery. The model is then used to help determine fire
    pump additions and piping upgrades.
•  Flow tests to determine C-factors or friction loss characteristics of the
    firewater piping.
•  Cost estimates of various modifications and upgrades to the firewater
    system.
•  Engineering, design, and construction monitoring for a new firewater
    system in a tank storage area.
•  Three-, five-, and ten-year improvement plans to upgrade the
    capabilities of the firewater system.
•  Consultation and review of fire protection for new and upgraded
    process units. The new/upgraded units included a delayed gas coker,
    crude, sulfur recovery, cat-feed hydrotreater, and low sulfur gasoline
    unit. The responsibilities included reviewing the engineering
    contractors’ designs and providing preliminary engineering for various
    fire protection systems.
•  Consulting and preliminary design for a gasoline blending unit.
•  Water spray and fire alarm design.
•  Construction management, startup, and testing of fire protection
    systems.

Webb, Murray & Associates has consulting engineering agreements with engineering companies. Various services are provided, including

•  Front-end engineering
•  Various consulting services related to fire protection.
•  Computer models of firewater systems in various facilities. The
    models were used to determine upgrades to existing systems to
    improve flow capabilities or for new process areas.
•  Evaluating bids on water spray systems.
•  Field tests of firewater piping and fire pumps to determine
    performance capabilities.
•  Specifications for sprinkler systems, fire alarm/detection systems,
    emergency alarm systems, combustible/toxic gas detection systems,
    and gaseous suppression systems.
•  A surge analysis of a firewater system in a refinery. The analysis was
    used to help identify causes and solutions to system failures associated
    with overpressure.

Webb, Murray & Associates provided a water based mitigation system for an alkylation unit. Specific services included

•  A vapor dispersion study and mitigation study/analysis to determine
    mitigation strategies.
•  Engineering and design of the water based mitigation systems,
    including water spray and remote controlled fire monitors.
•  A hydraulic computer model of the firewater system and upgrades
    required in the alkylation unit.
•  Engineering and design of the gas detection system and
    monitor/control system.

Webb, Murray & Associates provides various fire protection engineering services for LNG and flammable liquid bulk terminals. Fire protection projects have included providing audits and design/engineering of water spray and foam systems, fire pumps, fire detection, and alarm design packages for process units and design of fire protection features for land based and marine terminals. Specific fire protection services have included:

•  Front-end engineering.
•  Fire code and building code audits.
•  Preliminary and final design of fire suppression and fire detection
    systems for marine loading/unloading facilities and process areas. The
    designs include fire pump and water supply piping, fixed and manual
    foam/water suppression systems, and fire detection and alarm
    systems.
•  Equipment and installation specifications.
•  Cost estimates for all fire protection systems.
•  Reviewing vendor bids and drawings.
•  Acceptance testing.

Following is a summary of our fire protection services.