TM 10-8110-201-14&P CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Section  I.  GENERAL 1-1.   Scope. a. This manual is for your use in operating and maintaining the drums described in Section II. b. Throughout this maual, the use of the terms, right, left, front and rear indicate directions from the viewpoint of the operator facing the end of the drum where the coupler valve assembly or faucet valve is at- tached. 1-2.  Maintenance  Forms  and  Records. Maintenance  forms  and  records  that  you  are  re- required to use are DA Form 2402 (Exchange Tag), DA Form 2407 (Maintenance Request), and Standard Form 368 (Quality Deficiency Report). Their use, and proce- dures for using them are explained in DA PAM 738-750 (The Army Maintenance   Management   System). 1-3.   Hand   Receipt. a. Hand  receipt  for  the  End  Item/Component  of End Item (COEI), Basic Issue Items (BII), and Addition- al Authorization List (AAL) Items are published in a Hand Receipt Manual. b. The Hand Receipt Manual numerical designa- tion is the same as the related Techbical Manual with the letters  HR  added  to  the  number.  These  manuals  are  pub- lished  to  aid  in  property  accountability  and  are  available through:  Commander,  U.S.  Army  Adjutant  General Publication Center, 2800 Eastern Blvd., Baltimore, MD. 1-4.  Administrative  Storage. a. Fill fuel drums and water drums to the maxi- mum allowable level. NOTE If local fire regulations prohibit storing equipment with fuel in the system,  completely  drain  the  fuel drums. b. Placement  of  equipment  in  administrative  stor- age should be for short periods of time when a shortage of maintenance effort exists. Items should be in mission readiness within 24 hours or within the time factors as determined  by  the  directing  authority. Duting the storage period appropriate maintenance re- cords will be kept. c. Before placing equipment in administrative storage,  current  preventive  maintenance  checks  and  ser- vices should be completed, shortcomings and deficien- cies should be corrected. and all modification work or- ders  (MWO  's)  should  be  applied. d. Storage site selection. Inside storage is prefer- red for items Selected for administrative storage. If in- side storage is not available, trucks, vans, tents, conex containers  and  other  containers  may  be  used. Do not fill the drum with air. Va- pors inside drum can cause an ex- plosion. Never stack drums on top of each other or place equipment on top of the drums. Drums are heavy and can cause serious injury to person- nel if they fall. To  avoid  accelerated  deterioration, store drums out of direct sunlight, extreme cold and away from heat of any kind. 2)  Keep  the  drums  out  of  direct  sunlight  when storing them outdoors. Place them in a tent or under a tarp to block the sun and keep the snow and ice off dur- ing cold weather. 3) Store drums away from any kind of heat. If no shelter is available cover the drums with wet burlap or other cloth, to keep the drums out of direct sunlight. 1-5.  Destruction  of  Army  Materiel  to  Prevent Enemy  Use. a. General.  This type of equipment may be de- stroyed  by  mechanical  method  or  by  using  the  fuel which the drums contain to set it on fire. 1-1