Hazard detection and containment

A method, comprising:

• detecting, by a heat sensor of a robotic monitor, heat emitted by a hydrocarbon tank of a hydrocarbon storage or transport facility, the robotic monitor being one of a plurality of robotic monitors located in the hydrocarbon storage or transport facility, each robotic monitor of the plurality of robotic monitors communicably coupled to other robotic monitors of the plurality of robotic monitors;
• generating, by a controller of the robotic monitor, a heat signature based on the heat detected by the heat sensor, the controller communicably coupled to the heat sensor;
• exerting, by a pump of the robotic monitor, pressure on a fire retardant, responsive to generating, by the controller, the heat signature, the pump communicably coupled to the controller;
• and
• discharging, by an outlet of the robotic monitor, the fire retardant at the hydrocarbon tank, the outlet mechanically coupled to the pump.