Complete Guide to Lightning Protection Risk Assessments
Everything You Need to Know About Lightning Risk Assessments The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA 780) lightning risk assessment serves as a guide and provides a methodology to assist facility owners and safety professionals looking to determine the risk of lightning damage or injury due to lightning. As a building owner, understanding your facility’s vulnerabilities to […]
Power Surge Damage: What Kind of Damage Can Power Surges Cause?
The Costs of a Power Surge. Between hurricanes and other inclement weather that take place in the state, it’s important that commercial property owners protect themselves from numerous hazards and potential threats. Surge protection has become an especially hot topic since there are so many situations where a power surge could unexpectedly occur. Power surges are sometimes […]
Choose a Lightning Protection Contractor for System Installation
Choose the best lightning protection contractors for your specific industry. Every year, business owners in various industries are forced to deal with inclement weather due to hurricanes, winter storms, heavy rains, flooding, and other natural disasters. Many of these weather conditions drag lightning along with them, which can cause damage due to direct and indirect […]
How to Maintain Lightning Protection Equipment
How does Lightning Master maintain lightning protection equipment? Lightning damage can be costly due to damage to critical equipment and potential shutdowns. If there is an existing lightning protection system on your commercial building or at your industrial facility, it is important to know the recommended inspection and maintenance protocol, so your lightning protection equipment […]
Facts about Lightning Protection Systems and Equipment
A few lightning protection system facts for you to think about. Lightning strikes should never be taken lightly. Direct and indirect lightning strikes can put businesses at risk of severe damage to critical electronic equipment and facility downtime, both of which can be quite costly. Due to the frequency of these weather occurrences and dependent […]
Lightning Protection at Large Plants and Construction Sites
It has been said that two guys with a pickup truck and a ladder constitute a lightning protection company. That may be true in the case of lightning protection for a barn, but what about a large existing plant or construction of a new plant? The level of sophistication required because of the nature of […]
Lightning and Static Protection for Temporary Crude Storage Tanks
Recently, our sales team has been getting calls beginning with, “Ahhhhh, I have a really weird situation that we need lightning protection for….”. We can be fairly certain it is for a creative container to store crude oil. With the present glut in crude oil and limited storage capacity, we are seeing all types of […]
Dramatically Improve Your Odds of Making it Through Lightning Season Without a Fire
[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The primary factor determining whether or not there will be a fire in the event of a direct or close lightning strike to a tank battery is the presence or absence of flammable gasses. The formula for this is rather simple: gasses = fire, no gasses = no fire. The American Petroleum Institute API 2003, […]
The Effect of Tank Venting on Lightning and Static Ignitions at Production and Disposal Sites
Lightning and static triggered fires at production and disposal sites have become a major problem in the industry, causing damage to or loss of sites, lost product, lost production, cleanup and other problems. In many cases, losses are driving insurance premiums and deductibles out of sight. It seems like the problem is getting worse, although […]
Proactive Safety: Prepare for Lightning Season With Lightning Protection Measures
Proactive lightning protection will mitigate the damage caused by lightning strikes. Worldwide, there’s a total of nearly 1.4 billion flashes of lightning per year — that’s about 40-50 lightning strikes per second! Closer to home, 25 million lightning flashes hit the United States and surrounding coastal waters each year. Overall, Florida and Texas receive the […]
