LESSON 3
COMPUTE BERM REQUIREMENTS
OVERVIEW
Knowledge of storage tank capacity and fire walls are important for the petroleum staff NCO to compute berm
requirements.
Lesson Description:
This lesson covers storage tank capacity, fire walls, and computation of berm requirements.
Terminal Learning Objective:
Action:
The soldier will acquire knowledge on computing the capacity of the tank by referring to the tank
capacity tables, using the formula for volume of a cylinder to compute requirements for a tank
fire wall, and reporting the requirements.
Condition: Given subcourse QM 5096.
Standards: The soldier must score a minimum of 70 percent on the end of subcourse examination.
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QM 5096