Windsock Guides

Windsock COMAH Compliance: What UK Industrial Sites Need to Know

Windsock COMAH Compliance: What UK Industrial S...

COMAH Regulations 2015 do not contain a single clause that explicitly says “you must have a windsock.” The requirement emerges from the combination of safety report obligations, emergency planning duties...

Windsock COMAH Compliance: What UK Industrial S...

COMAH Regulations 2015 do not contain a single clause that explicitly says “you must have a windsock.” The requirement emerges from the combination of safety report obligations, emergency planning duties...

Windsock Maintenance Best Practice

Windsock Maintenance Best Practice

A windsock maintenance programme has four elements: daily visual checks, weekly close visual checks, quarterly hands-on inspections and planned annual replacement. On coastal and offshore sites, halve all of those...

Windsock Maintenance Best Practice

A windsock maintenance programme has four elements: daily visual checks, weekly close visual checks, quarterly hands-on inspections and planned annual replacement. On coastal and offshore sites, halve all of those...

How to Read a Windsock

How to Read a Windsock

A windsock tells you two things: which direction the wind is blowing and approximately how fast. The tail points downwind, the direction the wind is travelling toward. The angle the...

How to Read a Windsock

A windsock tells you two things: which direction the wind is blowing and approximately how fast. The tail points downwind, the direction the wind is travelling toward. The angle the...

Windsocks for MOD and Defence Airfields: A Complete Guide

Windsocks for MOD and Defence Airfields: A Comp...

UK military aerodromes operate under a distinct regulatory framework from their civil counterparts. Where civil aerodromes are regulated by the Civil Aviation Authority against CAP 168, military aerodromes are regulated...

Windsocks for MOD and Defence Airfields: A Comp...

UK military aerodromes operate under a distinct regulatory framework from their civil counterparts. Where civil aerodromes are regulated by the Civil Aviation Authority against CAP 168, military aerodromes are regulated...

Windsocks for Energy from Waste Sites: A Complete Guide

Windsocks for Energy from Waste Sites: A Comple...

Energy from Waste facilities combine the regulatory profile of a waste site with the hazard profile of an industrial combustion plant. Most large EfW operations are COMAH-regulated, many also hold...

Windsocks for Energy from Waste Sites: A Comple...

Energy from Waste facilities combine the regulatory profile of a waste site with the hazard profile of an industrial combustion plant. Most large EfW operations are COMAH-regulated, many also hold...

Windsocks for Helipads and Helidecks: A Complete Guide

Windsocks for Helipads and Helidecks: A Complet...

Every helicopter landing area needs a wind direction indicator that a pilot can read clearly on approach, in all weather conditions and at any time of day or night. The...

Windsocks for Helipads and Helidecks: A Complet...

Every helicopter landing area needs a wind direction indicator that a pilot can read clearly on approach, in all weather conditions and at any time of day or night. The...