Most
of the companies in the oil and gas industry are
just that: based on oil and gas. Safety Boss is
completely different as they are industry firefighters. The
company fights well fires, blowouts, pipeline
ruptures, and processing facility fires throughout
North America, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.
Founded in 1956 by K.J. "Smokey" Miller, Safety Boss
has grown into a fleet of emergency equipment and
personnel with the reputation of being the most
innovative and capable of controlling fires and
blowouts worldwide. The company has been involved
with 600 emergency events, including several large
fire fighting projects such as Kuwait fires during
the first Gulf War. In 2004, Safety Boss entered
into an oil sands safety partnership with Patch
Safety Services Ltd., and the two companies formed a
new joint company, HSE Integrated Ltd.
Based in Alberta, Safety Boss
pioneered the design and construction of the
"Smokey" firefighting systems, as well as
the design of blowout
control equipment, demolition tools, fire shielding
equipment, asbestos entry suits, hoisting and
rigging equipment, sparkless brass tools, metal
cutting saws, chemical suits, high pressure water
jet cutters, and other specialty items. Safety Boss’
portfolio is filled with success stories. H2S
(Hydrogen Sulphide) production has been a major part
of the Canadian Oil and Gas industry, and can be
extremely dangerous. Safety Boss has worked on
hundreds of H2S blowouts, some of which have involved
concentrations of over 50 percent. Another way
Safety Boss has become a leader is their ability to
cap burning gas wells. The intentional ignition of
uncontrolled sour gas releases means that the well
has to be capped while it burns: Safety Boss has the
experience and equipment to do this.
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