LESSON 9
COMPUTE BERM REQUIREMENTS
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OVERVIEW
Knowledge of storage tank capacity and firewalls are important for the
petroleum staff NCO to compute berm requirements.
Lesson Description:
This lesson covers storage tank capacity, firewalls, and computing berm
requirements.
Terminal Learning Objective:
Action: The soldier will learn to compute 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 firewall,
and reporting the requirements.
Condition:
Given subcourse QM 5099.
Standards:
The soldier must score a minimum of 70 percent on the end
of subcourse examination.
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QM 5099