Pipelines Near Your School

Schools that are near a ConocoPhillips Pipe Line Company (CPPL) pipeline are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the pipelines path and develop a safety and evacuation procedure that address a suspected pipeline leak or rupture.

CPPL provides many opportunities for schools near our pipelines to learn about pipeline safety. One of the programs offered by CPPL is the Safe at Home program. This program provides schools a way to learn about fuels and pipeline safety. For more details about the program, visit the Safe at Home website. CPPL believes that getting this message to the younger generation will help prevent pipeline incidents in the future.

Incorporating Pipeline Emergency Procedures Into Your Safety Plan

If your school is located near a pipeline, it is important that your safety procedures give instructions on how to recognize and respond to a pipeline emergency.  

The following are only suggestions for incorporating pipeline emergency preparedness into your safety procedures:

• Familiarize your staff, including bus drivers, with the location of nearby pipelines and aboveground pipeline facilities. Communicate information regarding the signs of a leak and appropriate response procedures. Bus drivers should be familiar not only with the location of pipelines near school property, but also along their bus route.
• Locate pipeline markers on or near school property. Write down the name of the operator, the name of the product transported, and the operator's emergency contact number. All of this information is printed on the pipeline marker.
• Incorporate the reference information obtained from pipeline markers into your safety procedures and reference materials.
• Conduct drills or tabletop exercises to simulate and test your emergency response procedures.