Fire Protection

My name is Melecio , and I am from Kern County, California. I currently work as an Environmental Health Specialist with the Kern County Public Health Department. I decided to obtain my MS in Occupational Safety and Health in hopes to gain more knowledge and improve my abilities as an inspector. I am thinking of potentially going into the Fire Prevention program and I believe the information and lessons from the class would be very beneficial to me.

The engineers’ determination in using the foreign pump was the right decision to make due to the time restrictions that were given. If they had decided to postpone the work, the inspections, installations, permitting, or other factors may have been affected, thus causing more problems and potential financial issues. With the decision to install the foreign pump, this should have been made clear to the owner/operator of the warehouse and a work plan should have been conducted to correct the issue at a later time/date.

Short term: Installing the foreign made pump was the right decision as it temporarily adheres to the necessary safety measures and would prevent the delay of time frames.

Long term: The engineer and the owner/operator should have created a work plan to address the foreign-made pump and have it corrected at a later date, so that a certified and approved pump would be installed to meet compliance of local standards and codes.