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Mission
The Safety & Fire Protection Group (SFPG) provides proactive safety and fire protection expertise to the industry, API committees and member companies. The SFPG mission is to promote safe, healthful, efficient and environmentally sound practices in the petroleum industry, and to monitor and respond to governmental actions. The foundation of these activities is to:

Develop and maintain risk-based technical API standards and recommended practices based on sound science
Influence agency policy outcomes on the most critical regulatory risks and opportunities
Communicate and share information related to petroleum industry safety and fire protection
Share benchmarking/ performance data to drive continuous improvement

The SFPG work program of documents includes:

RP 2001- Fire Protection in Refineries

RP 2003- Protection Against Ignitions Arising Out of Static, Lightning, and Stray Currents

RP 2009-Safe Welding and Cutting Practices in Refineries, Gasoline Plant and Petrochemical Plants

RP 2021- Management of Atmospheric Storage Tank Fires

RP 2028- Flame Arresters in Piping Systems

RP 2030- Application of Fixed Water Spray Systems for Fire Protection in Petrochemical Industries

RP 2201- Safe Hot Tapping Practices in the Petroleum and Petrochemical Industries

RP 2210- Flame Arresters for Vents of Tanks Storing Petroleum Products

RP 2217A- Safe Work in Inert Confined Spaces in the Petroleum and Petrochemical Industries

RP 2218- Fireproofing Practices in Petroleum and Petrochemical Processing Plants

RP 2219- Safe Operations of Vacuum Trucks in Petroleum Service

TR 2510A- Fire Protection Considerations for the Design, Construction and Operation of LPG Storage Facilities

API Contact

Diana Escudero

EscuderoD@api.org

Committee Documents

2021_e4 Word_ August 3rd 2021 v2 with changes included_.docx

2021_e4 Word_ August 3rd 2021 v2 with changes included_

Edward.hawthorne@Dfwdynamics10.com

Management of Sunken Roofs v1.4 06242021 v1.docx

Management of Sunken Roofs v1.4 06242021 v1

Edward.hawthorne@Dfwdynamics10.com

Annex C IMS June 21th 2021.docx

Annex C IMS June 21th 2021

Edward.hawthorne@Dfwdynamics10.com

RP 2021 Task Group meeting minutes July 8th 2021.docx

RP 2021 Task Group meeting minutes July 8th 2021

Edward.hawthorne@Dfwdynamics10.com

2021_e4 Word_ June 10th 2021 v1 with changes included_.docx

2021_e4 Word_ June 10th 2021 v1 with changes included_

Edward.hawthorne@Dfwdynamics10.com

RP 2021 Task Group meeting minutes June 10th 2021.docx

RP 2021 Task Group meeting minutes June 10th 2021

Edward.hawthorne@Dfwdynamics10.com

Figure 2 with changes highlighted from API RP 2021 .docx

Figure 2 with changes highlighted from API RP 2021

Edward.hawthorne@Dfwdynamics10.com

Figure 3a—Tank-specific Pre-Incident Contingency Planning Sheet Updates .docx

Figure 3a—Tank-specific Pre-Incident Contingency Planning Sheet Updates

Edward.hawthorne@Dfwdynamics10.com

RP 2021 Task Group meeting minutes June 2nd 2021.docx

RP 2021 Task Group meeting minutes June 2nd 2021

Edward.hawthorne@Dfwdynamics10.com

Annex C IMS June 2nd 2021.docx

Annex C IMS June 2nd 2021

Edward.hawthorne@Dfwdynamics10.com

2021_e4 Word_ June 9th 2021 v1 with changes included .docx

2021_e4 Word_ June 9th 2021 v1 with changes included

Edward.hawthorne@Dfwdynamics10.com

2021_e4 Word_ April 1st 2021 v1.docx

2021_e4 Word_ April 1st 2021 v1

jason.stahlman@honeywell.com

RP 2021 Task Group meeting minutes April 1st 2021.docx

RP 2021 Task Group meeting minutes April 1st 2021

Edward.hawthorne@Dfwdynamics10.com

2021_e4 Word_March 3rd 2021 .docx

2021_e4 Word_March 3rd 2021

Edward.hawthorne@Dfwdynamics10.com

2021_e4 Word_Feb 4 2021.LEONG after 2420212.docx

2021_e4 Word_Feb 4 2021.LEONG after 2420212

Edward.hawthorne@Dfwdynamics10.com

RP 2021 Task Group meeting minutes Feb 3rd 2021.docx

RP 2021 Task Group meeting minutes Feb 3rd 2021

Edward.hawthorne@Dfwdynamics10.com

2021_e4 Word_Nov 19th 2020 v1 (2).docx

2021_e4 Word_Nov 19th 2020 v1 (2)

Edward.hawthorne@Dfwdynamics10.com

2610_e3_watermark.pdf

2610_e3_watermark

escuderod@api.org

2350_e5_watermark.pdf

2350_e5_watermark

escuderod@api.org

2021_e4 Word_Oct 1st 2020.docx

2021_e4 Word_Oct 1st 2020

escuderod@api.org

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BallotsWP

Status

Results

Description

Committee ID : 182171

Safety and Fire Protection Group

Closed

In Progress

08/30/2021

10/29/2021

2nd Ballot for RP 2009 e8

Closed

In Progress

03/02/2022

03/16/2022

Reaffirmation of API RP 2030 e4

Closed

In Progress

03/22/2022

05/03/2022

First Ballot for API RP 2510A e3

Closed

In Progress

03/30/2022

05/06/2022

API 2000 Annex XX

Closed

In Progress

10/06/2022

11/03/2022

Second Ballot for API 2000 Work Item 24

Closed

Resolution Required

01/31/2023

03/24/2023

First Ballot for RP 2001 e11

Closed

In Progress

02/21/2023

05/02/2023

First Ballot for RP 2201 6th edition

Closed

In Progress

03/02/2023

09/22/2023

Second Ballot for API TR 2510a e3

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