Get Ready to Fuel a Season of Safe Delivery By Peg Zenk As temperatures drop, propane demand rises. Three of four gallons of propane are delivered in winter months. That keeps CHS Propane busy, moving out more than 700 million gallons annually. Whether they’re fi lling a 250-gallon residential tank or a 60,000-gallon tank at the new CHS propane rail terminal in Biddeford, Maine, CHS employees strive to maintain the highest standards in safe propane handling, says Bryan Lewis, manager, CHS propane risk management. But critical safety training goes beyond that for CHS. After the Biddeford terminal opened last year, Lewis and Ken Mueller, a hazardous gas safety technician for CHS, helped conduct fi ve three-hour training sessions for local emergency response crews serving the community. “It’s important to proactively get information to emergency responders that helps develop the knowledge and skills necessary to safely and eff ectively manage a propane emergency should the terminal encounter one,” says Lewis. “This eff ort reinforces our commitment to being stewards in the communities where we conduct business.” LEARN MORE: View propane safety tips at propanesafety.com/consumer-modules/. Your CHS Connection 17