KUWAIT OIL FIRE GAS AND SMOKE HAZARDS TO ARMY AVIATION

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Subject: KUWAIT OIL FIRE GAS AND SMOKE HAZARDS TO ARMY AVIATION          

Box  ID: BX000410

Document Number:        112

Folder Title: TACTICAL OPERATIONS CENTER LOGS - LUCKY TAC JOURNALS    11-14 FEB 91                            

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Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organzation: CENTCOM     






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       A. FROM 600 METERS TO I KILOMETER (0.62 MILES) THERE IS P
       ERATE DANGER ZONE. PILOTS, OPERATING IN THIS AREA, RUN THE    RISK
     OF SKIN BURNS, DEHYDRATION, HEAT EXHAUSTION, AND HEAT STROKE.
     ANTICIPATE DEGRNDPTION OF AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE DUE TO THE HEPT.


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          C.      SMOKE AND COMBUSTION PRODUCTS, ALONG WITH DUST
     PARTICLES GENERATED BY MASSIVE OIL FIRES, PRESENT BOTH HAZARDS TO
     VISIBILII




          D. @ ALONG KUWAITIS SOUTHERN BORDER THERE ARE NUMEROUS FIRE
     TRENCHES WHICH ARE PPPROXIMATELY I KILOMETER LONG, 3 METERS WIDE AND
     3 METERS DEEP. WHEN FILLED, THESE TRENCHES HOLD 2.3 MILLION GALLONS
     OF OF CRUDE OIL. THESE TRENCHES WILL GENERATE FLAMES THAT PRE ON THE
     AVERAGE 3 METERS (9 FEET) HIGH WITH FIREBALLS RISING UP TO A HEIGHT
     OF 6 METERS (18 FEET). THE GAS, HEPT AND SMOKE HAZARDS WILL BE
     SIMILAR TO THAT PRODUCED FROM OIL WELL FIRES.
          E.


          F. (U) THE HPZPRD DISTANCES PROVIDED IN HIS MESSAGE ARE NOT



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     ABSOLUTES. THIS INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO ENHANCE PILOT PWARENESS
     OF POTENTIAL HAZARDS. GREATER HAZARDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH LARGER OIL
     FIRES.
          S.       MAJOR KUWAITI OIL FIELDS ARE LOCATED AT RAUDHATAIN,
     SAHRIYAYH, BAHRAH AL MAGWA, ALBLURGAN, AL MANAOISH, UMM OUDAYR, AND
     ALWAFRA@T.
     3. (U) ARCENT G-3 AVIATION POC IS MAJ ROYER AT KY68 9-7806-334/355.

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Folder Title = TACTICAL OPERATIONS CENTER LOGS - LUCKY TAC JOURNALS 11-14 FEB 91
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Subject = KUWAIT OIL FIRE GAS AND SMOKE HAZARDS TO ARMY AV
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Scan Date = 19-JUL-1996
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
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Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
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Declassified = 13-SEP-1996