Please sign our guestbook. Services for the Aboveground Storage Tank Industry Federal, state, and local regulatory agencies are challenging the fuel storage tank industry with increasingly stringent fire and impact exposure requirements for aboveground storage tanks. SwRI exposes tank assemblies to a 2,000 F fire for a minimum of two hours to determine their fire resistance. After fire exposure, these tank assemblies are subjected to the impact, erosion, and cooling effects of a hose stream. Finally, using a .30 caliber rifle at a distance of 100 feet, SwRI technicians fire five rounds of ammunition at tank assemblies to determine their resistance to ballistic impacts.
Assemblies are qualified if there is no penetration of the primary tank.
SwRI is recognized as a testing laboratory and a third-party quality assurance and inspection agency under NES Report Nos. All major state and local jurisdictions throughout the U.S. recognize SwRI's fire testing and quality assurance services. The SwRI Department of Fire Technology is one of the world's largest organizations devoted to fire research and testing. This flyer was originally published in January 1997.