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Fujairah
Liquid fuel fire

Securing Holcim’s only

Cyclopentane site Cement

Opportunity • Foam suppression system: UAE
The new Waste Heat Recovery Automated foam blanket over
system includes Holcim’s only containment
Cyclopentane storage facility, • Deluge & sprinkler system:
involving a highly flammable and Tank cooling on heat detection
hazardous chemical.
This created a unique safety Cost: 250 kCHF
challenge: ensuring safe storage Timeline: 8 months
and handling through robust fire
and explosion protection, fully Results
aligned with internal and local • 100% compliance achieved:
standards. Fully aligned with Holcim’s Ali Said
Critical Controls and local CEO
Solution regulations
In collaboration with Group HSE • Risk mitigation: Real-time
experts, an advanced leakage detection of leaks and fires for
control and fire protection system rapid intervention
was designed and implemented • Emergency response: Enhanced
with 5 Layers of Protection: workforce readiness through
• UV Flame detectors: 4 units for emergency drills
full-area fire detection • Recognition: Praised by local
• Gas detectors: Real-time leak authorities for fire safety Fayaz Mohammed
monitoring in containment zone innovation Shah
• Nitrogen pressure monitoring: Head of HSE
Alerts on system pressure loss

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