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Subject:                    NBPVI ISSUES GUIDANCE ON BOILER AND WATER HEATER SAFETY 

Date of Email report:   Fri 03/04/2009

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The US National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors has issued a document "Boiler and Water Heater Safety: What Emergency Personnel Should Know". The document identifies causes of boiler and water heater failure, what to do if there is an accident and information on how to identify an overheating boiler or water heater.

When a Boiler or Water Heater Overheats

The National Board has added an important safety resource, NB-235, Boiler and Water Heater Safety: What Emergency Personnel Should Know, to the E-Publications section of the Web site. The document identifies causes of boiler and water heater failure and what to do if there is an accident. It also includes information on how to identify an overheating boiler or water heater and what not to do if you encounter one:

• Do not try to relieve the pressure.
• Do not add cool water to the vessel.
• Do not try to cool any part of the vessel with water.

What you should do is get away from the vessel and call the jurisdictional authority

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