What Fire Precautions Do You Use?

[diarmaid]

What fire precautions do you have in your work/home workshop?

[bkukowski]

I have 2 abc fire extinguishers (powder I think) at opposite ends of my workroom

[Jay Kyle]

good topic!
I've got jack squat!

I think I'll run out and get a couple extinguishers

[dertsap]

liabilty insurance

[diarmaid]

Just move this back into New Post list.

[diarmaid]

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[diarmaid]

I can't believe so few have a fire blanket....maybe they keep a wet rag handy at all times instead? Extinguishers are expensive and depending on the type they can be messy, a fire blanket is a good cheap investment regardless what other precautions you have.

I hope the majority who have said they have a water/foam/dry powder/CO2 extinguisher didnt waste their money on a water extinguisher! They're not much use, at least have a foam instead of water, but ideally 1 x CO2 (5kg), 1 x Dry Powder (9kg), and if necessary a Class 'D'. Plus a fire blanket and a smoke alarm (Turn it off during the day if you have to but have it there at night). Dry Powder is the 'catch all', it can be used on nearly every type of fire.

As regards having none....well....hopefully your thousands of euro worth of equipment will never be lost because you didn't have a €100 extinguisher handy!

As a guideline workplace legal reg's (Ireland) are an extinguisher within 30m of any point, so (depending on the size of your workshop) one fire point will prob be enough.

Please dont forget to spend a few minutes hanging them on the wall using the hooks provided (Pet Hate!)

[diarmaid]

Why has this poll had 90 views but only 15 submissions? Its Anonomous!!

[Geof]

Originally Posted by diarmaid Why has this poll had 90 views but only 15 submissions? Its Anonomous!!

Okay just to stop you complaining; I voted for extinguishers. CO2 in the CNC machine area, dry powder in other locations. All inspected and serviced/replaced on at least a yearly basis and located so that when the local fire department does their annual inspection they are happy. Also smoke detectors throughout the building tied into the alarm system which has 24 hour monitoring. Oily rags, oil absorbant material and other potentially spontaneously combustible material goes out to the big bin on a daily basis. I'm sorry I don't have any fire blankets or class D extinguishers but after all nobody is perfect.

[diarmaid]

lol....Geof....Your Great! Seriously though, this was my first poll post and don't see why people cant just vote.

Im more curious to see how many hobbyists/home workshops have precautions. Obviously, from a workplace setup you'd expect legal requirements to be complied with.

[miljnor]

What other people do as a their safety measure shouldn’t really be a decision helper for you.

Other people might just be lucky. So personally I wouldn't care what precautions someone else takes. It’s all about how comfortable I feel about the precautions I've taken.

Some people feel comfortable with a garden hose, some with a glass of water and some people wont do anything without the fire department on their way their. And of course before I was doing well I probably would have been using gas cans for my fire safety measure as I was probably worth way more on paper than in reality.

Which brings me to my question: why do you care?

[diarmaid]

Originally Posted by miljnor Which brings me to my question: why do you care?

I have worked in this area and its just my general curiosity wondering what equipment if any people have, and how many have specific types. Obviously if people have nothing at all thats up to them. Just curious.

My above post was just a friendly suggestion that may point someone in the right direction. My personal opinions on what precautions people should take are just that, and there are significant differences between fire prevention measures and fire control measures. Fire fighting eqpt carries its own risks if not stored and used correctly, so maybe some people are better off without it anyway!

Or maybe some people feel their prevention is of such a high standard that they dont need to splash out on fire fighting eqpt? I dont know, thats why I asked.

Just a topic I was wondering about.