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THE UTILITY FPE GROUP, INC.
PRB Coal Risk Assessment
Fire Protection Engineering * Occupational Safety & Health * ERT Training & Development


Welcome to THE UTILITY FPE GROUP, INC (UFPEG)

Proud To Be A Veteran-Owned Small Business...

 

 

NEWS.....

We are pleased to announce alliance with LAFARGE NORTH AMERICA, one of the world's largest cement manufacturers. Our expertise in PRB risk issues has been applied to LaFarge's Sugar Creek, Alpena, Seattle, Bath (Canada) & Richmond (Canada) cement plants.

UFPEG is pleased to announce a long term alliance with Southern Company Generation Services to provide fire protection and risk assessment consulting services.

UFPEG OFFERS NEW SERVICE: In response to special requests for our expertise, The Utility FPE Group is the first in the power industry to offer specific consulting services to assess power plants against OSHA 03-000-006, COMBUSTIBLE DUST NATIONAL EMPHASIS PROGRAM. OSHA intends to cite power plants against 1910.269 if combustible coal dust layers are evident greater than 1/32" over 5% of a given area. There are also many other aspects to this Emphasis Program that requires special interpretive expertise. We can determine your areas of vulnerability and identify the sources of the offending dust liberation. Call us for futher information.

PRB 101  WEBINAR: Ed Douberly presented the Fire & Safety Risks of PRB Coal during a PRB Coal Webinar presented by the PRB Coal USers' Group and Power Magazine, December 4, 2007.

2007 ELECTRIC POWER/PRB COAL USERS' GROUP CONFERENCE-Ed Douberly, President of The Utility FPE Group, presented a full day pre-conference workshop entitled "DEAL OR NO DEAL-Learn What PRB Coal Has In Store For You"

 SPRING 2006 issue of COAL POWER magazine-An article entitled "Understanding Fuels Characteristics Is Important In Burning PRB Coal Safely" by Ed Douberly is featured in this issue COAL POWER magizine.

2006 ELECTRIC POWER/PRB COAL USERS' GROUP CONFERENCE- Ed Douberly presented a full day pre-conference workshop entitled "EXTREME MAKEOVER-POWER PLANT EDITION, PRB COAL FROM A TO Z". Douberly also discussed the most recent edition of NFPA 850 as it relates to PRB coal during the Risk Management Breakout Session.

 

 


UFPEG is THE premier risk consulting firm serving the electric utility industry and it's allied industries. Our competitors come from other industries offering fire protection services. We are engineers from THE UTILITY INDUSTRY and degreed in FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERING...not mechanical, civil, science, etc...we are educated in fire protection engineering and gained our experience in power plants...not with other consulting firms, not in the insurance industry, not in the mechanical industry. 

We have unprecidented access to the industry's foremost experts in dust control, spillage containment & procedural risk assessment. With this expertise, we can offer an unmatched menu of services....

FOSSIL FUELED PLANTS & PRB CONVERSIONS ARE OUR SPECIALTY.
Based on over 20 years experience, with 16 years working directly for a major nuclear/fossil utility, our offerings are unequaled in the following fields of expertise:
  • TARGETED COAL SYSTEM ASSESSMENTS                   

These assessments target the areas of the coal handling system most prone to causing dusting and spillage. We evaluate transfer points, load zones, open runs, roll back/carry back conditions, silos/bunkers and provide an unbiased (we don't sell equipment) technical report. For a full scope evaluation, we combine this with the fire protection assessment to give you a complete picture of the risks. We cover areas overlooked by other industry consultants such as excessive air velocities across silos and in transfer chutes. In a recent audit, we found that a new DEM designed chute was causing more dusting than the old chute because all the variables of the load zone were not taken into account.

  • FIRE PROTECTION ASSESSMENT & ENGINEERING
    (Experts in developing plant specific fire protection schemes * PRB Coal burning or Plants converting to PRB are a specialty * Systems design * Complete plant assessments from fuel unloading to GSU transformers and everyting in between * A fire in your plant is a disaster at worse and a needless embarassement to your company in the least)
  • FIRE & EXPLOSION INVESTIGATIONS
    (Assessment and investigation of power plant fires and explosions. Specific expertise in PRB coal issues)
  • BUNKER/SILO FIRE FIGHTING & FIRE VULNERABILITY ANAYSIS
    (We extinguish bunker & silo fires that no one else can. We provide a complete vulnerability analysis of fire potential for bunkers & silos and investigate recurring fire issues)
  • PRB COAL BEHAVIOR & FIRE TRAINING
    (We offer the most comprehensive training for PRB coal orientation for operations, maintenance & fuel handling personnel in the industry. We offer complete training for ERT/FIRE teams and out-side fire departments in handling PRB coal fires in tunnels, conveyors, buildings and bunkers/silos)
  • ERT/FIRE TEAM FORMATION & TRAINING
    (Fight or Flight?...Incipient or Structual?...Is your local fire department prepared to confront the hazards YOU expect THEM to confront on site? Ususally not...we can help form & train your fire team and your local fire department)
  • LOSS PREVENTION
    (Technical assessment of your insurance carrier recommendations & negotiating alternative cost-justifiable approaches)
  • FIRE SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENTS
    (You pay a premium for outside maintenance of your fire systems. Our assessment will show you if you are getting the most out of your maintenance dollar)
  • DUE DILIGENCE AUDITS
    (Plant purchase or internal management use)
  • CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
    (We provide full service construction management of your fire protection projects. Spec writing...bidding...bid analysis...plans review...on-site quality assurance)
  • INFRARED DETECTION
    (June 2005: We support one of the most sophisticated IR detectors ever developed for use on coal handling systems, the PATOL 5011 IR Detector)
SIMPLY THE BEST IN TECHNOLOGICAL, OBJECTIVE & PRACTICAL ANALYSIS...WE EVEN GUARANTEE IT!
Using our services is an investment...not an expense. Not knowing where your plant protection scheme stands IS an expense.

CONTACT US: 540-729-0095 or Email edouberly@ufpeg.com

For more information on PRB Coal, visit the PRB Coal Users' Group Website: PRB Coal Users' Group