Outlines of Hazardous Materials Safety
Techniques Association

Focused on Safety
Certain Technology

About the Association
This Association is authorized to assess outdoor tank storage facilities in accordance with the Fire
Service Act under the commission of the mayor of municipality or other relevant authority as well
as for providing testing, inspection, and technical assistance services for storage, handling, ortransportation of hazardous materials to ensure hazardous material safety and security.
This Association provides technical assessment services on outdoor tank storage facilities from afair and impartial standpoint.
Our officials and employees have a confidentiality obligation regarding the information obtained
through the performance of duties and are also deemed to be those engaged in public services
for application of criminal punishments stipulated pursuant to the Penal Code or other laws.
This Association performs the operations by obtaining human resource/technical support
provided by the national or local governments
The inspectors who perform assessment or other pertinent duties possess specialized skill
qualifications as specified by the statutory and regulatory criteria.

Major footprints
December 1974 ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ A large quantity of heavy oil spilled from outdoor fuel storage facility of Mizushima Refinery
December 1975 ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Act on the Prevention of Disasters in Petroleum Industrial Complexes and Other Petroleum
Facilities was enacted during the 76th Diet session(Supplementary resolution was adopted for strengthening of petroleum tank-related
foundation, structural, and other associated regulations and establishment of the inspection
system and other related matters during the joint regional administrative committee)
May 1976 ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Partial revision for the Fire Service Act was passed by the 77th Diet session(The major elements include but are not limited to matters related to establishment ofHazardous Materials Safety Techniques Association, matters related to establishment ofinspection requirements prior to the final inspection, matters related to establishment ofinspection requirements concerning safety of outdoor tank storage facilities, and mattersrelated to demonstration of evidence of contractual agreement with the Hazardous
Materials Safety Techniques Association for assessment required for obtaining permission of
outdoor tank storage facilities, etc.)
November 1976 ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Establishment of Hazardous Materials Safety Techniques Association (Authorized corporation)
February 1977 ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Initiation of operations of Hazardous Materials Safety Techniques Association
April 1986 ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Act for Partial revision of the Fire Service Act and the Fire Defense Organization Act was passedby the 104th Diet session(In order to promote effective operations of Hazardous Materials Safety Techniques
Association, necessary amendments were accomplished, such as minimizing the national
government involvement for selection of executive officers, financial management, and otheroperations; the association has became a “private corporate that was established by speciallaw,” etc.)
January 1987 ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Privatization of Hazardous Materials Safety Techniques Association
December 1994 ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Initiation of technical support operations for the old law tanks
April 1999 ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Initiation of assessment and technical support operations for the semi-specific outdoor tankstorage facilities
April 2000 ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Initiation of technical support operations related to the individual extension of the internal
inspection frequency of the specific outdoor tank storage facilities
April 2005 ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Initiation of assessment and technical support operations for single-deck floating roof of thespecific outdoor tank storage facilities
April 2012 ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Initiation of assessment and technical support operations for floating roof of the specificoutdoor tank storage facilities

Organization Chart
Board ofDirectors
Board ofCouncilors

Chief Director

Director(Full-time)

Adviser
Technical
Adviser

Inspector

Technical General
Manager

General Affairs
Dept.

General Affairs
Sec.

Planning Dept.

Planning Sec.

Operations Dept.

Operations Sec.

Civil Engineering
Assessment Dept.

Civil Engineering
Assessment Sec.

Tank assessment
Dept.

Assessment
Sec. 1

Assessment
Sec. 2
Accident Prevention
Investigation and
Education Center

Planning andInvestigation Sec.
Accident
Investigation Sec.

Training Sec.

Comprehensive operations to ensure safety ofhazardous materials
Outdoor tank assessment

Testing and verification

Technical support

Hazardous material identification
testing/Issuance of registration certificate

Accident investigation

Study and research

Safety evaluation

Provision of technical information

Performance evaluation

Hosting seminars and workshops

Outdoor tank assessment
Specific tank
Design review(Installation andmodification)

Semi- specific tankOutdoor tank storage facility having a storage capacity
greater than or equal to 1,000 kl

Pre-final
assessment

Safety assessment

Outdoor tank storage facility having a storage capacity
greater than or equal to 500 kl, but less than 1,000 kl

Design review(Installation and modification)

Tank design review (installation and modification)
When installing a specified tank or specified semi-tank, permission must be obtained
through assessment that verifies that the foundation/ground and the tank itself satisfy
the technical standards specified by the Fire Protection Law.
This permission is governed by the mayor of municipality or other relevant authority, andthis association provides design and assessment services in response to a request fromthe mayor of municipality or other relevant authority. This Association also provides
assessment services when a physical modification is required for the foundation/groundand the tank itself.

Foundation/
groundDesignreview
Tank body・Slip・Bearing capacity
・Subsidence・Liquefaction
・Distance between upper foundationand groundwater-level, etc.

・ Material
・Wall thickness
・Initiation stress on
the sidewall
・Horizontal load
bearing capacity

・Welding procedure
・Inspection method
・Earthquake-resistant strength of thefloating roof (applies only to thespecific tanks)
・Earthquake-resistant strength of thefloating lid (applies only to thespecific tanks), etc.

Design Review Workflow
Applicant fora permission
Application
document
Relatedinformation
Administrative
fee

Hazardous Materials
Safety Techniques
Association

Mayor ofmunicipality, etc.

RequestReceipt
Drawings andspecifications

Commission

Contract
Drawings andspecifications

Assessment

Permission

Reporting
Verification

Reportpreparation

New Tank Installation Work (Sidewall Assembling Phase)Pre-final assessment
Pre-final inspection to be conducted by the relevant municipal authority isrequired at each required phase of the construction work for the construction
work that requires permission for installation or modification of the specific tank.
This association provides pre-final assessment services in response to a requestfrom the mayor of municipality or other relevant authority.

Foundation/
groundDesignreview
Tank body・Standard penetration test (Strength of the ground)・Unconfined compression test (Strength of the improved ground)・Flat plate bearing test (Strength of the foundation/ground)・Piling test (Supporting ground and ground bearing capacity), etc.

・Visual inspection for
welded part・Magnetic particle test for
welded part・Radiographic test for
welded part・Penetrant test for welded
part・Review of records such as
test and inspection
certificates, etc.

Pre-final Assessment Workflow
Applicant fora permission
Application
document
Relatedinformation
Administrative
fee

Hazardous Materials
Safety Techniques
Association

Mayor ofmunicipality, etc.

RequestReceipt
Drawings andspecifications

Commission

Contract
Drawings andspecifications

Coordination anddiscussion with thefire services andthe applicant for
the assessment
formalities, etc.

Demonstrationof themeasurement
and testing
records

On-siteassessment

Notificationof the result

Reporting
Verification

Reportpreparation

Conducting Standard Penetration Test
(Strength of the ground)Conducting Flat Plate Bearing Test
(Strength of the foundation)

Visual Inspection for Welded Part on Sidewall of the Tank

Safety assessment
The specific tanks with a storage capacity of 10,000 kl or more are required to complete periodical
inspection, which is performed by the mayor of municipality or other relevant authority by opening
the tank and checking the internal conditions. This Association provides assessment services for thewall thickness and welded parts on the bottom of the tank through the magnetic particle test orother applicable test method in response to a request from the mayor of municipality or otherrelevant authority.
The safety assessment consists of periodical safety inspection and emergency safety inspection.

Periodical safetyassessment

Assessment for periodical inspection, which is performed by
the mayor of municipality or other relevant authority by
opening the tank and checking the internal conditions

Emergency safetyassessment

Assessment for inspection, which is performed by the mayor ofmunicipality or other relevant authority when a differential
settlement occurs at a level equal or greater than 1/100th of thediameter of the specific tank.

Safetyassessment

Elements of safety assessment

・Ultrasonic plate thickness measurement test for the ・Penetration test for welded part on the tanktank bottom
bottom・Visual inspection for welded part on the tank bottom ・Review of records such as test and inspection
・Magnetic particle test for welded part on the tankcertificates, etc.
bottomSafety Assessment Workflow
Applicant fora permission
Application
document
Relatedinformation
Administrative
fee

Demonstration ofthemeasurement
and testing
records

Hazardous Materials
Safety Techniques
Association

Mayor ofmunicipality, etc.
RequestReceipt
Drawings andspecifications

Commission

Contract
Drawings andspecifications

Coordination anddiscussion with thefire services andthe applicant for
the assessment
formalities, etc.

On-siteassessment

Issuance of asafety inspection
completion
certificate

Reporting
Verification

Reportpreparation

Implementation of Safety Assessment

Conducting ultrasonic plate thickness
measurement test

Conducting magnetic particle testTechnical Support
Based on its rich knowledge and accumulated skills, this Association provides
technical support services to concerned parties for solutions to their specialized andtechnical challenges encountered on the hazardous material-related safetymeasures, etc.
The technical support services currently offered by this association can be classified
into three different major categories.

Technical support

Technical support
for specific tanks

Technical support
for semi-specifictanks

Other technicalsupportOld law tank

Technical support for specific tanks

Technical support for the selection of boring locations for the foundation/ground

Technical support for safety of the foundation/ground and tank itself

Technical support for individual extension of the opening frequency of the tanks

Technical support for prevention of damage on floating roof and floating lid*The old law tank means a specific outdoor tank storage facility that was installed inaccordance with the technical standards that were in effect before 1977. For the old law
tanks, the grace period has already ended, and therefore, actions are taken for suspended
tank facilities.

Technical support for semi-specific tanks

Technical support for safety of the foundation/ground and tank itself
Technical support for checking the construction work of thefoundation/ground and tank itself

Technical Support Workflow forSpecific Tank/Semi-Specific Tank
Hazardous Materials
Safety Techniques
Association

Applicant(Person with
Notification
Obligation)

Mayor ofmunicipality, etc.

Technical
support fee

Commission

Technical
supportcontract

Assessment(On-site
investigation)

Receipt ofapplication(Notification)

Request(Notification)

Preparation of
application(Notification)

Reporting

Reportpreparation

Other technical support
Technical support for a new tank installation

Technical support for applying safety measures on existing tank

Technical support for applying safety measures on newly constructed fuel storage system
Technical support for fuel containment wall, etc.

Technical support for welding method verification test
Other hazardous material safety-related technical support
Technical support for foundation/ground improvement method

Technical support is provided for safety measures, safety evaluation, and other related areasthat are practiced by organizations whenever an organization finds its necessity or in
response to an instruction provided by the mayor of municipality or other relevant authority.

Other Technical Support Workflow
Mayor ofmunicipality, etc.

Preliminary
consultation/
instruction

Hazardous Materials
Safety Techniques
Association

Consignor

Technical
supportRelatedinformation
Administrative
fee

Commission

Assessment(On-site
investigation)

Reporting

Provision of information

Technical
supportcontract

Reportpreparation

Accident Investigation
Based on the “Act for Partial Revision of the Fire Service Act and the Fire Defense Organization Act” (Act No. 41 of 2008), the mayor ofmunicipality or other relevant authority can investigate cause of accident when hazardous material spill or other accident occurs at ahazardous material facility. Accordingly, “Manual for Investigation of Hazardous Material Spill or Other Accidents” was developed. Thismanual states that, when investigation is conducted to identify the cause of accident, it is effective to accumulate accident data forhazardous material spill or other incidents and obtain advices from specialized organizations that possess skills and knowledge relevant to
identify the cause of accident. Especially for accident investigation for spill from an outdoor tank storage facility, it specifically mentions
that support can be obtained from Hazardous Materials Safety Techniques Association, which is a fair and impartial third party
organization and possesses a variety of technical expertise.
Based on these facts, a support system has been established for mayors of municipalities and is maintained at the Accident Prevention
Investigation and Education Center of this Association. Additionally, this Association also provides technical support services fororganizations to identify cause of accident when accident investigation request is received.

Support request workflow for accident investigation

Mayor of municipality,etc.

(1) Support request consultation

Fire and Disaster Management Agency
Dangerous Goods Safety Office(3) Reporting of the resultof the coordination(4) Support request

Hazardous Materials Safety
Techniques Association(5) Detachment of staffs

Safety Evaluation
For the efforts taken by organizations that own hazardous material facilities or the
like for their self-imposing security measures, this Association provides safety
evaluation services from a third party perspective by checking the operations andmaintenance of hazardous material facilities, the specified disaster prevention
facilities, self-defensive organization for disaster prevention, etc.
Additionally, evaluation is also performed for the level of safety for recurrence
prevention measures taken in response to an accident.

Safety evaluation

Safety evaluation

Evaluation forrecurrence
prevention

Special safety
evaluation

Safety evaluation
For self-imposed safety control systems that are instituted by organizations that own hazardous material
facilities, our evaluators visit the site and conduct examinations and evaluations for all or applicableelements of the 18 basic check items through review of the existing site conditions, documentation, or
pertinent information. The evaluators are the employees of this Association, who have working
experience in areas involved in hazardous material regulations or the Act on the Prevention of Disasters
in Petroleum Industrial Complexes and Other Petroleum Facilities, and perform evaluations from thepoints of view of fire prevention professionals.
Basic items

18 items

1 Access control
2 Office, etc.
3 Safety policy, etc.
4 Qualification management for required licenses
5 Legal inspections (Fire Services Act)
6 Manufacturing and handling facilities(Fire Services Act)
7 Storage facility (Fire Services Act) Outdoor storagetank
8 Storage facility (Fire Services Act) Tank other thanoutdoor storage tank
9 Storage facility (Fire Services Act) Facility otherthan storage tank
10 Specified disaster prevention facility(Petroleum Disaster Prevention Act)
11 Designation of facility area (Petroleum Disaster
Prevention Act)
12 Fire vehicles, etc.
(Petroleum Disaster Prevention Act)
13 Applicable regulations
14 Change control
15 Operational control
16 Construction management
17 Self-defensive organization for disaster prevention,etc.
18 Large-scale disaster preparedness

Established items

57 items

Detailed items

180 items

14 Change control - 7 items
A: Change control rules, etc.
B: Actions required for unauthorized
modification work, etc.
C: Preparation of application, etc.
D: Construction initiation
E: Pre-final inspection
F: Final inspection
G: Change that does not requirephysical work

F: Final inspection - 4 items
a: Preliminary checkb: Witness inspection
c: Equipment use
d: Receipt of final inspection
completion certificate

Example of Evaluation Result for Basic Check Item, Radar Chart
Large-scale disaster
preparedness
18
Self-defensive organization for
17
disaster prevention, etc.
Construction management 16

Access control
１
5
4

3

Office, etc.
2

Safety policy, etc.
3
management
4 Qualification
for required licenses

2
Operational control 15

1

5 Legal inspection (Fire Service Act)

0
Change control 14

Applicable regulations 1312Fire vehicles, etc.
(Petroleum disaster prevention act)

6 Manufacturing and handling facility(Fire Service Act)

7 Storage facility (Fire Service Act)
Outdoor storage tank
8 Storage facility (Fire Service Act)
Tank other than outdoor storage tank

11
9
Designation of facility area
Storage facility (Fire Service Act)
10
(Petroleum disaster prevention act)
Facility other than storage tankSpecified disaster prevention facility(Petroleum disaster prevention act) Comments (Basic items in general)
Average score was 2.9. Overall, the result was below the standard score of 3.0. However, the result indicates that ascore of 3 points or higher was obtained for more than half of the check items and a significantly low score wasgiven only for a certain items including “10. Specified disaster prevention facility (Petroleum disaster preventionact), “14. Change control”, etc. It is believed that safety of the entire facility will be improved when improvement
will be made to the areas where the score was significantly lower than the standard score.

Example of evaluation result for 5 Legal inspection (Fire Service Act)
Detailed items
a: Periodical inspection
b: Retention of periodical
inspection records
c: Approval of records

Comments (Legal inspection (Fire Service Act))

A: Periodical inspection
In the record of the periodical inspection, there were some cases where entry fields for the date of action
taken and details of actions taken were left blank, although a “△” mark was entered in the inspection result
entry field and a summary of the deficiency was annotated.
For these cases, the action statuses must be checked, and it is also important to establish a mechanism that
ensures the status of actions taken when a deficiency is identified during the inspection.
B: Retention of periodical inspection records
More than three years of records were maintained. Records are properly retained.
C: Approval of records
In the periodical inspection record sheets, there was a case where an approval was not obtained from theresponsible department supervisor.
The periodical inspection means not only to satisfy the legal or regulatory requirements, but also is an
important inspection from the operations and maintenance perspectives for hazardous material facilities.
Therefore, it is important to obtain an approval from the responsible department supervisor, and that the
information is shared within the site through circulation of the information among all concerned departments
to ensure that prompt actions can be taken in response to a deficiency on equipment or facility.

Evaluation for recurrence prevention
When a fire service agency implements an order of suspension of use due to an occurrence offire/explosion, hazardous material spill, or other accident, the subject organization is required totake recurrence prevention measures as illustrated below in order to resume the operations.
Under the evaluation for recurrence prevention, our evaluators visit the site and conduct
examinations and evaluations of the safety through review of the recurrence prevention-relatedplans, system, etc.

Permission for the work

Fire service agency

Final Inspection

Order

Organization
Accident

Suspensionof operation

Decommissioningof the order
Improvement Plan

Improvement
implementation
reportImprovement
planning

Completion of
improvement

Resumeoperations

Evaluation of Recurrence
Prevention Actions

Special safety evaluation
In addition to the safety evaluation and evaluation for recurrence prevention, this Association
conducts examinations and evaluations according to the needs on safety of any specificfacilities within the site or self-imposed safety control system, etc.
One example of such evaluations is examinations and evaluations of work procedures toensure that the procedures are developed based on the results of risk assessment for nonroutine work and are suitable for the risks and hazards associated with the subject work.

Performance Evaluation
This Association provides impartial performance evaluation services to support
improvement of the safety measures by applying new technologies/new procedures
while corresponding to the advanced technologies related to the storage, handling, ortransporting of hazardous materials.
Performance evaluation for hazardous material-related equipment, etc.

Performance Evaluation

Evaluation of large chemical fire engine
Evaluation for structure of vertical cylindrical underground storage tank and tank room
Evaluation of one-man unloading system
Evaluation for the effectiveness of large capacity foam discharge system
Evaluation for organizations that are willing to receive an accreditation as accreditedorganization for modification works
Evaluation of gas-based fire extinguishing equipment, etc.
Performance evaluation for water mist fire extinguishing equipment, etc.

Performance evaluation for hazardous material-related equipment, etc.
Some hazardous material-related equipment, including that which is newly developed byadopting new technologies, is difficult to clearly identify in terms of their effectiveness forthe intended purposes under fire prevention or fire fighting activities.
For such equipment, upon request, this Association performs “performance evaluation for
hazardous material-related equipment, etc.” in order to promote rational safety measures byproperly incorporating the advancement of technology through consultation with the“Performance Evaluation Committee,” which is consists of members with relevant knowledge
and experience.
Hazardous material-related equipment, etc. that are subject to the performance evaluation(1) Equipment whose standards are specifically regulated under the Fire Service Act
and its associated regulations.
(Excluding items requiring testing and checking that are currently performed by thisAssociation)(2) Those item that are necessary considering the type of hazardous material, quantity,
or multiple of the designated quantity, method of storage or handling, surrounding
geographical conditions, or other conditions.
(3) Those items that use unexpected special structure or equipment(4) Other equipment items that are used for safety, maintenance, or other purpose
related to hazardous materials.

(2) Evaluation
request(4)Application
for permission(Enclose (3))(3) Notificationof the result(5) Permission

Mayor of municipality , etc.

Reporting(1) Preliminary
consultation/
instruction

ApplicantConsultation

Performance Evaluation
Committee

Hazardous Materials Safety Techniques
Association

Performance Evaluation Workflow for Hazardous
Material-related Equipment, etc.

Evaluation for large chemical fire engine

For the specified organization in the special disasterprevention area having a petroleum industrial complex orother petroleum facility that is required to be equippedwith disaster prevention equipment, etc., the required
number of disaster prevention personnel can be reduced
when such equipment has labor saving functions, etc.

This Association performs evaluations for disasterprevention equipment or other related equipment
including a large chemical fire engine or other equipmentthat contributes to labor saving as well as for those who
adopt such equipment in their operations. The purposeof the evaluation is to verify if such equipment satisfies
the labor saving requirement and if the intended laborsaving outcomes can be obtained effectively. Dependingon the type of request, the evaluation is performed
through consultation with the “Evaluation Committee forLarge Chemical Fire Engine or Other Related Equipment,”
which consists of members with relevant knowledge andexperience.

Disaster prevention
activity using a large
chemical ladder fire truck(2) Evaluation
request(3) Notificationof the result(4) Provision of information(5) Provision of
informationmaterials

Mayor of Municipality , etc.

Reporting(1) Preliminary
consultation/
instruction

ApplicantConsultation

Evaluation committee for large
chemical fire engine or other related
equipment

Hazardous Materials Safety Techniques
Association

Evaluation Workflow for Large Chemical Fire Engine

Evaluation for structure of vertical cylindrical underground storage tank and tank room

Based on the ordinance amended in April 2005, except
double wall storage tanks, underground storage tanks are
required to be designed so as to ensure safety against
deformation and stress imposed on the tank body caused by
the primary load and a combination of the primary load andsecondary load on the underground storage tank. However,
initiation stress and acceptable stress specified by ministerial
notification or other legislative document are intended forhorizontal cylindrical underground tanks.

Since application of vertical cylindrical underground storage
tanks has been increasing especially in urban areas where only
a limited space is available for the purpose of storing fuel oil
for emergency generators, this Association conducts
evaluations for structural designs of vertical cylindrical
underground storage tanks or tank rooms.

Example of a verticalcylindrical undergroundstorage tank(2) Evaluation
request(3) Notificationof the result(4)Provision of
informationmaterials

Mayor of municipality , etc.

Reporting(1) Preliminary
consultation/
instruction

ApplicantConsultation

Evaluation Committee for Structure of
Vertical Cylindrical Underground Storage
Tank and Tank Room

Hazardous Materials Safety Techniques
Association

Evaluation Workflow for Structure of Vertical Cylindrical
Underground Storage Tank and Tank Room

Evaluation of one-man unloading system
When hazardous material is unloaded from a
mobile tank storage facility at a service station
or a general handling facility where anunderground storage tank is used, thehazardous material engineer assigned at themobile tank storage facility can perform
unloading operations by himself, provided that
all required safety measures are satisfied. The
required safety measures include but are notlimited to installations of safety equipment at
the service station and the mobile tank storage
facility such as devices for preventing
contamination or overflow, etc. that meet therequire specifications, as well as completion of
the required training for the operator of themobile tank storage facility, etc.

Conceptual drawing of
one-man unloading
operation
Equipment on
the tank truck

Installation of antenna fortransmission of SS information/level gauge data (wireless type)

Equipment on the SS
Lighting equipmentfor night time
unloadingContamination
prevention
equipment

Remaining quantity display(Computerized oil level gauge,
Outdoor display)

Ground for tank truck

Based on a request from oil supplier ortransportation service provider, thisAssociation provides evaluation services toensure that the established system satisfies
the applicable requirements throughconsultation with the “Evaluation Committee
for One-Man Unloading System,” which
consists of members with relevant knowledge
and experience.

Advanced tank truck- Contamination prevention
equipment- Overflow prevention
equipment

DCD Box
Oil type key for
Contamination
prevention equipment- Lighting switch- Service stationsite map- Emergency
telephone- List of emergency
contacts- Key box for supply
lines- Printer- Fire extinguisher- Dried sand

Evaluation Workflow for One-Man Unloading
SystemPlanning document
Planning document

Planning document

Hazardous Materials
Safety Techniques
Association

Understanding theexisting conditions(Evaluationcommittee)

Oil supplier ortransportation service
provider that performs
one-man unloading
service

Document for notificationof evaluation result

Provision of information
Planning document
Planning document

Continualeffort on
Contract 1
understanding
the existing
Contract 2
conditions
Implementation plan
Continual effort onunderstanding theexisting conditions

Note1

Preparation andimplementation of the plan

⃝ Continual effort on understanding the existing⃝
conditions of transportation service provider (onlyfor oil supplier)- Review of implementation plan of thetransportation service provider- Conditions of the mobile tank storage facility- Conditions of operator- Status of training implementation⃝ Maintenance of safety equipment (only for⃝transportation service provider that performs oneman unloading service)⃝ Training (only for a transportation service provider⃝
that performs one-man unloading service)⃝ Preparation and issuance of training completion⃝
certificate (only for transportation service provider
that performs one-man unloading service)⃝ Continual effort on understanding the existing⃝
conditions of service station, manufacturing facility,
underground tank storage facility, etc.
- Understanding the safety equipment⃝ Proper operations of one-man unloading service⃝

Planning document
List of transportation service providers
Copy of document for notification of evaluation result

Among service stations,manufacturing facilities andInstallation of safety equipment
general handling facilities, those
Implementation of trainingthat have underground tank,
Underground tank storage
facility
Preparation and implementation of the implementation plan
Request for permission of rules for preventive measures
Permission of rules for
Maintenance of safety equipment(Preparation of rules for implementation of one-man
preventive measures
Training
unloading operations)Preparation and issuance of training completion certificate
Copy ofFire service agency
document for notification of evaluation result
List of transportation service providers
Note 1: A document describing the one-man unloading system prepared by the oil supplier, etc.
Copy of contract document Note 2 for Contract 2
Note 2: A copy of document that provides evidence of agreement that the oil supplier or the relevant
service provider performs one-man unloading services in accordance with the one-man
unloading system for the applicable service station, manufacturing facility, underground tankstorage facility, etc.
Transportation service provider that
performs one-man unloading service

Evaluation for the effectiveness of large capacity foam discharge system
A large capacity foam discharging system consists ofmultiple different components. When it is composed as
one system, it needs to be operated in accordance with
the intended performance standards without having any
issues, or the application of the large capacity foamdischarge system to be employed needs to be suitable
for the design of the subject facility of the specified
organization. Therefore, the specified organization(including wide-area joint disaster prevention
organization) must check the required items to verify
that the system meets the above-mentioned elements
when a large capacity foam discharge system is applied.

This Association provides comprehensive effectivenessevaluation services according to requests from thespecified organizations (including wide-area joint
disaster prevention organization) to ensure that thetype of fire-extinguishing foam is suitable for the tankfire incident and the using foam gun is properly
designed in terms of the discharge angles and discharge
distance so as to be sufficient for the possible firefighting operations considering the characteristics ofthe foam itself and discharge characteristics of the foamthat are evaluated based on the actual usage scenarioof the large capacity foam discharging system to be
employed.

Foam discharge using a large capacity
foam discharge system

Evaluation Workflow for the Effectiveness of Large
Capacity Foam Discharge System
Wide-area joint disaster prevention
organization, etc.
(1) Establishment of (draft) disaster prevention activity plan(2) Identification of the foam discharge requirements by
wide-area joint disaster prevention organization, etc.

(4) Establishment of foam discharge test plan by taking into
account the existing data or other available information(5) Implementation of foam discharge test

Consultation

Understanding the existing conditions

Coordination

Proposal/evaluation
Consultation

Consultation

Evaluation

Coordination

Proposal/evaluation
Evaluation committee

Witnessing

Explanation(6) Demonstration of the effectiveness based on the resultof foam discharge test

ReportingRelevant prefectural authority/Relevant fire
defense headquarters, etc.

(3) Evaluations on the efficiency improvement for the foamdischarge testing- Accumulation of the existing data
- Data collection through small scale experiment, etc.

Evaluation for organizations that are willing to receive an accreditation as
accredited organization for modification works
With regard to the final inspection and pre-final inspection (final inspection, etc.) for
modification work of a hazardous material manufacturing or storage facility that meets certain
requirements, for the specified modification work performed by an organization accredited by
the mayor of municipality or other relevant authority for their demonstration of excellent
safety management structure including construction management (accredited organization),
the mayor of municipality or other relevant authority can implement the final inspection, etc.
utilizing the result of self-inspection performed by the organization.

Based on a request from an organization who is willing to receive an accreditation, thisAssociation evaluates whether or not the requesting elements meet the assessment criteria
for the accreditation through consultation with the “Evaluation Committee for Organizations
that are Willing to Receive an Accreditation as Accredited Organization for Modification
Works,” which consists of members with relevant knowledge and experience.

(2) Evaluation
request(3) Inquiry(5) Notification of
the result(4) Inquiry/Provision of information(6) Request for
accreditation(Enclose (5))(7) Accreditation

Mayor of municipality , etc.

Reporting(1) Preliminary
consultation/
instruction

ApplicantConsultation

Evaluation Committee for
Organizations that are Willing toReceive an Accreditation as Accredited
Organization for Modification Works

Hazardous Materials Safety
Techniques Association

Evaluation workflow for organizations that are willing to receive an
accreditation as accredited organization for modification works

Evaluation of gas-based fire extinguishing equipment, etc.

When installing gas-based fire extinguishingequipment using a halon substitute fire
extinguishing agent at a hazardous material
facility, this Association, in collaboration with
the Fire Equipment and Safety Center ofJapan, evaluates the function, performance,and other aspects of the requested gasbased fire extinguishing equipment throughconsultation with the “Evaluation Committee
for Gas-Based Fire Extinguishing Equipment,etc.”, which consists of members with
relevant knowledge and experience.

(2) Evaluation
request(3) Notificationof the result(4) Provision of information(5) Request for
permission(Enclose (3))(6) Permission

Mayor of municipality , etc.

Reporting(1) Preliminary
consultation/
instruction

ApplicantConsultation

Evaluation Committee for GasBased Fire Extinguishing
Equipment, etc.

Fire Equipment and Safety Center of Japan
Hazardous Materials Safety Techniques
Association

Evaluation workflow for gas-based fire extinguishingequipment, etc.

Performance evaluation for water mist fire extinguishing equipment
In recent years, water mist fire extinguishing equipment (fire extinguishing equipment that
can tackle fires by spraying mist water) has become widely adopted overseas for engine
rooms or cabins of ships or ground facilities. In Japan, research and development for thistype of equipment has progressed, the fire extinguishing performance under the condition
that meet certain requirements has already been confirmed, and it is almost in thepractical use phase.

In response to requests from the manufacturers of water mist fire extinguishingequipment, hazardous material facility construction service providers, and fire service
agencies, when water mist fire extinguishing equipment is installed at a hazardous
material facility or other areas, this Association performs evaluations to determine theeffectiveness of the equipment in terms of its installation, maintenance methods, etc..

(2) Evaluation
request(3) Notification of
the result(4) Request for
permission(Enclose (3))(5) Permission

Mayor of municipality, etc.

Reporting(1) Preliminary
consultation/
instruction

ApplicantConsultation

Performance Evaluation Committee/Expert
Committee for Water mist Fire Extinguishing
Equipment

Hazardous Materials Safety Techniques
Association

Performance evaluation workflow for water mist fire
extinguishing equipment

Testing and Verification
To prevent hazardous material-related disaster, this Association performs testing andverification for multiple areas to determine if hazardous material transportation
containers, hazardous material, or other related material handling facility, andequipment design or performances meet the required technical standards.

Testing and verification workflow
Hazardous Materials Safety
Techniques Association

ApplicantApplication for testingand verification
Related documents
・Design specification
・Calculation sheet
・Others
Administrative fee

RequestReceipt

Document review

Notificationof the result

Witness testing
Overallassessment

Hazardous materialtransportation container

Containers used for transportation of
hazardous material

Polyethylene container for kerosene

By performing drop test, airtightness test, internal pressure test, weathering test,
material test, etc., verification is conducted to determine if the product conforms to
the standards specified by the Fire Service Act and the regulations; and, if
conformity is confirmed, a certificate of type test and verification completion isplaced on the product.

Polyethylene container for kerosene

Labeling of standard
conformity

Metal drum, etc., 18-liter metal can
By performing drop test, airtightness test, internal pressure test, stacking test,
etc., verification is conducted to determine if the product conforms to thestandards specified by the Fire Service Act and the regulations; and, if
conformity is confirmed, a certificate of test and verification completion islabelled.
Liquid hazardous
material container

Metal drum

Pail

18-litermetal canSolid hazardous
material container

Labeling of standard
conformity

Other hazardous material transportation container
By performing drop test, airtightness test, internal pressure test, stacking test,
etc., verification is conducted to determine if the product conforms to thestandards specified by the Fire Service Act and the regulations; and, if
conformity is confirmed, a certificate of test and verification completion islabelled.

Gasoline canLabeling of standard
conformity

A tank for storing hazardous material in
Small quantity hazardous
material tankquantity below the specified quantity
By performing filling water test/hydraulic test, material test, etc., verification isconducted to determine if the product conforms to the standards specified by themunicipal fire prevention ordinance; and, if conformity is confirmed, a certificate of
test and verification completion is labelled.

Small quantity hazardous material tank
(Steel, Aboveground type)

Small quantity hazardous material tank
(FRP, Underground type)

Certificate of filling water tank test and verification completion(Steel, Aboveground type)

Certificate of filling water tank test and verification completion(FRP-made small quantity hazardous material underground tank)Underground tank having an outer wallwith double-wall structure

Double-wall tank

Steel-made reinforced plastic-made double-wall tank (SF Double-wall tank)
Verification is conducted to determine if the materials, structure, or other features
related to the tank body coating and design and other features of spill detection
device conform to the standards specified by the Fire Service Act and theregulations; and, if conformity is confirmed, a certificate of test and verification
completion is labelled.
Liquid phase partGas phase part
Hanging fitting

Nozzles(Oil pouring pipe, Oil suction pipe, Vent pipe,
Level gauge attachment nozzle)
Leak monitor attachment nozzle

Certificate of test andverification completion(SF tank coating)Outer wall FRPResin sheet
Inner wall steel plate

Oil pouring pipe
drop pipe 4B
Leak monitor pipe doubling reinforcement

SF Double-wall tank

Certificate of test andverification completion(SF tank spill detection equipment)

Reinforced plastic-made double-wall tank (FF Double-wall tank)
Verification is conducted to determine if the materials, structure, or other features related to thetank body coating and design and other features of spill detection device conform to the standards
specified by the Fire Service Act and the regulations; and, if conformity is confirmed, a certificate of
test and verification completion is labelled.

Outer wall

Detection
layer
Detection
layer
Inner wall

Manufacturing method using
3D sheet or spacer
Outer wall
3D sheet
Inner wall

Manufacturing method using
sheet or spacer net
Outer wall
Nozzles for oil
pouring pipe,
vent pipe,
etc.

ManholeHanging
fitting

Detectionpipe nozzle

Detection
layer

Sheet
Inner wall

Stiffener ring

FF Double-wall tank

Certificate of test andverification completion(FF tank body)

Certificate of test andverification completion(FF tank spill detection equipment)

Fixed fuel dispenser and fixed oil
supply equipment

Fixed equipment that is used for supplying
fuel directly to vehicles or refilling kerosene
into containers

Verification is conducted to determine if the following elements conform to thestandards specified by the Fire Service Act and the regulations; and, if conformity is
confirmed, a certificate of type test and verification completion is labelled.
Design, materials, spillage of pipe and safety fitting
Design and materials of dispenser/oil supply hose
Maximum discharge capacity
Explosion-proof structure of electrical apparatus

Certificate of type test andverification completion

Fixed fuel dispenser
Fixed oil supply equipment

Vapor barrier verification
certificate

Equipment that prevent overflow ofhazardous material when hazardous material
is unloaded from a mobile tank storage facility
to an underground storage tank

Overflow prevention
equipment

Verification is conducted to determine if the design of overflow prevention
equipment, and functions, operability, and other features of the overflow prevention
conform to the standards specified by the Fire Service Act and the regulations; and, if
conformity is confirmed, a certificate of test and verification completion is labelled.
Outdoor display
OfficeIndoor display

Mobile tank storage facility

Overflow
prevention
deviceDischarge
valve

Bottom valve
Level sensor

Overflow prevention device

Injection hose
Underground storage tank

Certificate of test and verification
completion

Connection box

Packaged fixed foam fire extinguishing equipmentused at self-service oil service station

Equipment that can tackle a fire by discharging fire
extinguishing foam toward a vehicle parked in front of
the fixed fire dispenser or the lower part of the vehicle
Verification is conducted to determine if the design of packaged fixed foam fire
extinguisher equipment, fire extinguishing foam, discharge performance, and fire
extinguishing performance conform to the standards specified by the Fire Service Act
and the regulations; and, if conformity is confirmed, a certificate of type test andverification completion is labelled.

Certificate of type test
and verification
completion
Packaged fixed foam fire extinguishing equipment

Pumping equipment for which a
pump or an electric motor is installedinside the specially designed tank

Submerged fuel pump

Verification is conducted to determine if the automatic stop function, design, materials, andother features of electric motor used at a submerged fuel pump facility conform to thestandards specified by the Fire Service Act and the regulations; and, if conformity is confirmed,
a certificate of type test and verification completion is labelled.
Remote level gauge

Control
panel

Level gauge control unit
To be installed at the upper portion of the pit(Connection box, check valve, return valve, etc.)
Level gauge

Oil supply pipe
Pit
Flangecoupling

Liquid level

Oil supply
pipe

Attachment
pipe

Return pipe

Pump/electric motor

Certificate of type test
and verification
completion

Internal coating material for outdoor storage tankCoating material that prevents corrosion inside the tank
Epoxy resin coating, Glass flake resin, Glassfiber reinforced plastic

Verification is conducted to determine if the coating
operability, shock resistance, solvent resistance, and otherfeatures of coating material conform to the “Guideline for
Coating Applied to Prevent Corrosion Inside the SpecificOutdoor Storage Tank”; and, if conformity is confirmed, acertificate of test and verification completion is labelled.

Certificate of test
and verification
completion
Internal coating productReinforcing material forjoint part of oil
containment dike

Material that prevent leak ofhazardous material from joint part ofoil containment dike

Verification is conducted to determine if the performance or other features ofrubber-made flexible members and stainless-made flexible members used asreinforcing material of joint parts of oil containment dike conform to the“Technical Guideline for Reinforcement of Joint Parts of Oil Containment
Dike”; and, if conformity is confirmed, a certificate of test and verification
completion is labelled.

Reinforcing material for joint part ofoil containment dike

Certificate of test andverification completion

Digital display ultrasonicthickness meter

A meter that allows measurementof wall thickness from the surface
of internal coating of the tankBy performing thickness test using a coatedsample, measurement accuracy test whencorroded parts exist, stability test for
temperature/time changes, etc., verification isconducted to determine if the performance
conforms to the “Standards for performance
test methods for digital display ultrasonicthickness meter that is used for measuring thetank thickness from the coating surface”; and, if
conformity is confirmed, a certificate of type
test and verification completion is labelled.

Certificate of type test andverification completion

Accuracy test
(Performance is verified by measuring
thickness of sample pieces)Sodium-sulfur battery
A battery using sodium which serves as the negative electrode, sulfur
which serves as the positive electrode, and ceramic solid called βalumina electrolyte

Verification is conducted to determine if the fire safety performances of
sodium-sulfur battery conform to the “Technical Standards for Hazardous
Material Facility where Sodium-Sulfur Battery is Used”; and, if conformity is
confirmed, a certificate of test and verification completion is labelled.

Structure of module battery that contains a combination of
single sodium-sulfur batteries

Structure of a single
sodium-sulfur battery

Certificate of test andverification completion

Electric Discharge Machine

A manufacturing equipment that is used
for precise mold processing in oil for plastic
molding application

By performing filling water test of processing solution tank, function test of safety
device, function test of automatic fire extinguishing equipment, and other tests,
verification is conducted to determine if an electric discharge machine which uses
hazardous material (flash point is 70˚C or higher) conforms to the standards specified
by the municipal fire prevention ordinance; and, if conformity is confirmed, acertificate of type test and verification completion for electric discharge machine islabelled.

Electric Discharge
MachineCertificate of type test andverification completion for electric
discharge machineHazardous material identification andtesting/Issuance of registration certificate
This Association performs a characteristics identification test that isused to identify the type, characteristics, and name of thehazardous material or other related material, as well as provides
services for issuance of the registration certificate for thehazardous material database.

Hazardous material identification test
In response to a request from anorganization, who stores or handles
hazardous material, for identification ofcharacteristics of the material concerned,
this Association makes judgment on
proper testing parameters, performs thecharacteristics test and reports the resultof the testing to the requester.
Additionally, based on the test result
obtained, registration to the Fire andDisaster Management Agency’s hazardous
material database can also be performedon behalf of the organization.

Tag closed-cup flash point
measurement apparatus

Workflow for hazardous material identification test

Application
document for
identification
test
AdministrativefeeFire andDisasterManagement
AgencyHazardous Materials Safety
Techniques Association

Requestor of
the test
RequestReceipt

Characteristics test

SampleReportingOuterIdentification
test result
wall

Cleveland open-cup flash
point measurement apparatus

Report ofidentification
test result

Registration
formality

Hazardous
Material
Databaseregistration

Seta closed-cup flash point
measurement apparatus

Testing apparatuses used for measuring flash pointIssuance of hazardous material database registration certificate
In order to rationalize and unify the hazardous material identification duties, the Fire and Disaster
Management Agency has established the hazardous material database and maintains the database byreceiving characteristics test reports for hazardous materials or other related materials that are storedor handled by organizations.
For those registered in the Fire and Disaster Management Agency’s hazardous material database, thisAssociation provides services to issue a certificate that proves a material is registered in the databaseaccording to a request from organization who is in the registration, etc.

Workflow for issuance of hazardous material
database registration certificate
Hazardous Materials Safety
Techniques Association

Requestor

Application document
for issuance of
hazardous material
database registration
certificate
Administrative fee

RequestReceipt

Data from Fire and Disaster
Management Agency
Issuance
Preparation of certificate

Example of hazardous material
database registration certificate

Study and Research
A variety of studies and research are performed in order tocontribute to the overall improvement and ensuring the safety ofhazardous materials and other related materials. The outcomesof our studies and research are incorporated into the related
national laws and regulations or revisions to the technicalstandards as well as other measures, and used as referencematerials for safety instruction of the fire service agencies and as
guidelines for safety measures in private organizations.
Our study and research can primarily be classified into those
performed based on requests, and self-initiatives.

Requested research
Research is conducted based on requests from public organizations such as the central
government, etc. for specific issues required when such organization needs to study thenecessary measures, etc.
When conducting studies and research, depending on the purpose or type of each researchsubject, a committee which is composed of the best members of expertise who have relevant
academic and industrial experience and are from related administrative agencies such as the Fireand Disaster Management Agency, etc.; and efforts are made to surely obtain precise andpractical outcomes through careful evaluations and professional and demonstrative analysis
while adopting multilateral viewpoints by fully utilizing the wide variety of data and specialized
knowledge and experiences accumulated in this Association for many years of operations.
Additionally, the outcomes are not only reported directly to the requester, but also shared
among all concerned parties as necessary.

Recent major research
Hazardous material facility-related
・ Study for corrosion on a rear surface of tank bottom using the continuous plate thickness measurement data for old law
outdoor tank storage facility
・ Statistic analysis for internal corrosion and external corrosion on tank bottom plate of old law outdoor tank storage facility
・Study for verifying the earthquake-proof safety for outdoor tank storage facility

Petroleum complex-related・Study for update of the disaster prevention manual for self-defensive organization for disaster prevention, etc. andmaintenance/performance improvement of the specified disaster prevention facilities, etc.
・Survey for emergency response drill at disaster prevention headquarters of petroleum complex, etc.
Accident prevention measures-related・Study/analysis for hazardous material accident prevention
・Study and research on supporting methods for disaster prevention measures for private companies

Self-initiative research
For any issues that are believed to be significantly important for safety measuresof hazardous materials or other materials, this Association voluntarily conducts
studies and research for these self-initiative research subjects, and the outcomesare provided to a wide variety of concerned parties for utilization.

Recent major researches・ Analysis of fire and spill accidents at hazardous material facilities
・ Study for application of the pile draft foundation to outside tanks by taking into accountthe subsidence due to earthquake
・ Study on preparation of guideline for inspection of side wall of outdoor storage tank・ Study for effective solutions to protect a large underground storage tank fromearthquake and tsunami
・ Study for ideal solutions for effective countermeasures against tsunami associated withthe revision to the preventive measure rules
・ Study for measures to ensure the earthquake-proof safety of outdoor storage tank・ Study for accident prevention during maintenance and inspection of hazardous material
facilities

Provision of Technical Information
A variety of promotion activities are performed by providing latest
and useful hazardous material-related technical information
through issuance of technical information magazine “Safety＆Tomorrow,” development of audiovisual educational materials forhazardous material safety measures, website operations,publication of books, provision of accident information, etc.

Issuance of technical information magazine “Safety&Tomorrow”
Major contents
・Trends of hazardous material safety administrations and disaster prevention
administrations for petroleum industrial complexes and other petroleum facilities
・Latest technical information for new technologies and new methods for safetymeasures・Current operations and challenges in the hazardous material areas in fire service
agencies
・Current conditions and challenges under disaster prevention measures at privateorganizations involved in hazardous materials
・Latest movement in this Association and seminar and workshop plan

Issued 6 times a year

Technical information magazine (Safety＆Tomorrow）

Development of audiovisual educational materials
for hazardous material safety measures
In order to contribute to the improvement of safety measures for hazardous
materials and other related materials, audiovisual educational materials forhazardous material safety measures, which contain easily understandable visual
images and commentary, are developed as part of promotions for building
awareness on timely hot topics for hazardous material-related organizations orfire service members.
The latest audiovisual educational materials are available on our website.

audiovisual educational materials for hazardous material safety measures

Operation of webpage
Our webpage is available on the Internet. Introduction of our operations andlatest technology information are provided through the webpage.
The Internet address is shown below.

http://www.khk-syoubou.or.jp/

Home pagePublication of books
The following lists our major books published to date.
・ Collection of laws, regulations, notifications, and notices for outdoor tankstorage facility・ Interpretation of technical standards for outdoor tank storage facility
・ Collection of the law, regulations, and notices for Act on Prevention of Disasterin Petroleum Industrial Complexes and other Petroleum Facilities
・ Report of assessment standard deliberation committee for floating roof of
outdoor tank storage facility (Fiscal year 2004)
・ Record of damages at hazardous material facilities caused by 2003 Tokachi-Oki
Earthquake (Fiscal year 2004)

Recently published books

Hazardous material integrated information system
Information shared through the hazardous material integrated information system are as follows.

Hazardous material integrated information system
Accident records

Accident analysis

Accident statistics

Laws and regulations
hierarchy link system

Glossary

Educational materials“Accident cases at hazardous material facilities”“Accident case search”
Retrieving accident cases at hazardous material facilities“Accident analysis records”
Accident analysis conducted by this Association“Summary of hazardous material related accidents” (latest year)
Number of accidents, fatalities, financial loss, etc.
“Statistic data for hazardous material facilities, etc.” (Latest year)
Number of hazardous material facilities, Trend for each hazardous material facility category, etc.
“Fire Service Act and its regulations hierarchy link system”“Act on Prevention of Disaster in Petroleum Industrial Complexes and other Petroleum Facilities and its regulations hierarchy link system”
User friendly data retrieving functions which display the laws, cabinet orders, ministerial ordinances, and notices are linked
interactively
Unknown terms can be searched while reading the article
Hazardous material-related notifications and administrative enforcement examples are posted“Terms used in the hazardous material-related fire service act and regulations”“Terms used in the Act on Prevention of Disaster in Petroleum Industrial Complexes and other Petroleum Facilities”“Tank-related terms”
Search function to find meanings“Educational materials including textbooks and presentation slides that were used duringseminars provided by this Association”

 Please register for use of this system
For more details, please visit our webpage at (http://www.khk-syoubou.or.jp/hazardihfo/guide.html)
Download version of the registration application form is also available.

Hosting seminars and workshops
In order to contribute to the improvement of safety measures for hazardous
materials or other related materials, seminars and workshops are hosted for awide variety of themes including the latest trends of hazardous material
safety administrations/disaster prevention administrations for petroleum
industrial complexes and other petroleum facilities, new technology/new
method utilization measures, past incidents and their countermeasures,development of working-level employees in specialized technical areas,business promotion policy, etc. in addition to the basic techniques for safetymeasures for hazardous materials or other related materials.

Hazardous material safety techniques course
This course is provided twice a year (Tokyo and Osaka) for those whose
primary duties are hazardous material regulatory duties at the prefecturaland fire headquarters level. The course covers timely and the latest
information, including but not limited to present challenges and trends ofhazardous material safety administrations and disaster prevention
administrations for petroleum industrial complexes and other petroleum
facilities, technical issues related to hazardous material facilities with special
emphasis on outdoor storage tanks, topics related to safety measures, andconcepts of safety briefed by academic experts. This is two-day course foreach session.

Disaster prevention manager/Vice disaster prevention manager workshop

In order to enhance/strengthen the disaster prevention structure of
the specified organizations, the organizations are obliged to makeefforts on providing educational opportunities that contribute to theimprovement of disaster prevention related capabilities for disasterprevention manager/vice disaster prevention manager. This workshop
is designed for the managers to improve the emergency management
capabilities as top management of an organization. During theworkshop, emphasis is given to theevaluation and verification activities,
and prediction type desk top simulation
training is conducted. Additionally, anadvanced refresher workshop isprovided for those who completed thisworkshop, for the purpose of acquiring
more practical abilities. This advanced
workshop covers action-based desk top
training, emergency press conference,and disaster control headquarters
operations.

Basic hazardous material workshop
This course is provided twice a year (Tokyo and Osaka) for those whohave less than 3 years of hazardous material handling duties for the
purpose of developing the attendees to ensure fire/spill accident
prevention and compliance with statutory and regulatory
requirements. The workshop is instructed by experts who haverelevant knowledge on both fire service-related regulatory aspects andpractical work aspects, and simple interpretations and easily
understandable instructions areprovided by the instructors
pertaining to the Fire Service Act;
characteristics of hazardous
materials; locational, structural,and equipment standards for
manufacturing or other related
facilities; the Act on Prevention ofDisaster in Petroleum Industrial
Complexes and other Petroleum
Facilities; and hazardous material
accidents.

Comprehensive educational training for hazardous material facilities

Due to the generation changeover and reduction of large scale hazardous
material disasters, the number of firefighting personnel, disasterprevention personnel and self defense fire service members who haveexperienced hazardous material facility fires have been decreasing. In themeantime, opportunities for conducting large scale emergency drills forhazardous material or gas fire have also been limited due to a variety ofrestrictions. Such circumstances create considerations among many areas
about the possibility of difficulty in handling hazardous material facility
fire.
Accordingly, this Association provides
a training opportunity once a year
(Tokyo and Yokosuka) for two-days
course for the purpose of personnel,
who will perform activities on thefront line in case of hazardous
material disaster, to acquire
knowledge about hazardous
materials and experience radiant
Oil storage tank fire fighting drillheat.

On-site training
Training is provided by sending instructors to your site for privateorganizations or joint disaster prevention organization, etc. byincorporating the unique operations performed by the organization or
educational policy. Types of training include disaster manager
workshop, vice disaster manage workshop, and basic hazardous
material training that are provided by this Association.

Desktop training
Disaster prevention map

Hazardous material accident seminar
To prevent accidents at hazardous material and other related facilities,
it has been said extremely effective to improve the safety measures ofthe facilities if lessons learned from past incidents are properly utilized.
However, it is believed to be true that fire service personnel or safety
personnel at hazardous material facilities do not have many
opportunities to obtain specific past incident information.
This seminar is provided twice a year (Tokyo and Osaka) and covers
past hazardous material accidents that have occurred in Japan byinviting people who were involved
in fire fighting activities or causal
investigations as lecturers to
discuss the factors that caused
the incidents, issues, recurrence
prevention measures, etc.

Hazardous material accident prevention seminar
This seminar is provided six times a year throughout Japan(Hokkaido/Tohoku area, Kanto/Koshinetsu area, Chubu area, Kinki area,
Chugoku/Shikoku area, Kyushu area) for the purpose of promoting
dissemination of technical information concerning hazardous material
related accident prevention at the same time of the “Hazardous material
accident prevention block meeting,” which is held as part of the“Hazardous Material Accident
Prevention Basic Policy/Action Plan”
that is implemented by the Fire andDisaster Management Agency.

Outdoor tank working level training
In 1977, the Fire Service Act was amended, and significant improvement wasmade to the standards for the specific outdoor tank storage facilities andopen inspections were made obligatory. In the 35 years since the amendment,
many accidents, including fires, explosions, and spills occurred caused byearthquakes or corrosion of the facilities, and the standards and safetymeasures have been revised many times.
In order to ensure safety, it is believed that succession of knowledge andexperience pertaining to proper understanding on the related standards,
retention and utilization of past repair history, use of proper inspection
methods, and repair methods are
significantly important challenges thatmust be overcome.
This training is provided four times ayear (Sapporo, Tokyo, Osaka, andKitakyushu) focusing mainly on thetechnical standards, permission system,
operations/management andinspections, and considerations during
design work, etc. that are governed by
the Fire Service Act and its associatedregulations.

Training for measurement of bottom plate thickness fromthe coating surface
This training is provided twice a year (Tokyo and Osaka) for the purpose of
acquiring and improving the knowledge/skills required for conducting
measurements of continuous plate thickness for the tank bottom from thecoating surface utilizing new techniques with special emphasis on the outlinesof outdoor tank storage facilities, types of internal and external corrosion on
the tank bottom, proper processing necessary for measuring continuous plate
thickness from the coating surface, interpretation of data, etc.
Initial training is available forpeople who never attended thistraining before, and refresher
training is also available for those
who have attended the initialtraining five years ago.

Classroom session

Training course for outdoor storage tank coating management engineers

This training is provided twice a year (Tokyo and Osaka) for the purpose of
optimization of coating work management, as well as improving, promoting,and acquiring knowledge required for coating work that is needed to prevent
corrosion inside the specific outdoor storage tanks.
Initial training is available forpeople who have never attended
this training before, and refresher
training is also available for those
who attended the initial training
five or more years ago.

Training for unified inspection for foam fire extinguishing equipment of
outdoor tank storage facilities
With regard to the periodical inspection of outdoor tank storage facility
equipped with the Class 3 fixed type foam fire extinguishing equipment, aunified inspection by checking the proper discharge of fire extinguishing foamusing aqueous foam solution or water has been required since April 2006 in
addition to the conventional inspection items.
This training is designed for those
who perform unified inspections forfoam fire extinguishing equipment of
outdoor tank storage facilities as wellas those who perform initial firefighting activities using foam fire
extinguishing equipment in case offire, and is provided for the purposeof acquiring knowledge and skills
pertaining to the foam discharge
mechanisms, as well as checking ofClassroom session
the characteristics and performanceof fire extinguishing foams.