Industrial Fire Prevention

From our friends at :Health and Safety Executive, UK https://www.hse.gov.uk/toolbox/fire.htm   Fire safety Future building safety regulations The government has asked HSE to establish a new building safety regulator in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster. Find out more about the building safety regulator Most fires are preventable. Those responsible for workplaces and other buildings to which the public have access can avoid them by taking responsibility for and adopting the right behaviours and procedures. This section covers general advice on fire safety and also provides guidance on substances that cause fire and explosion. Case study one General fire safety hazards Fires need three things to start – a source of ignition (heat), a source of fuel (something that burns) and oxygen: sources of ignition include heaters, lighting, naked flames, electrical equipment, smokers' materials (cigarettes, matches etc), and anything else that can get very hot or cause sparks sources of fu...

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From our friends at: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health  and Safety https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/chemicals/combustible_dust.html Combustible Dust What is a combustible dust? Essentially, a combustible dust is any fine material that has the ability to catch fire and explode when mixed with air. Combustible dusts can be from: most solid organic materials (such as sugar, flour, grain, wood, etc. ) many metals, and some nonmetallic inorganic materials. Some of these materials are not "normally" combustible, but they can burn or explode if the particles are the right size and in the right concentration. Therefore any activity that creates dust should be investigated to see if there is a risk of that dust being combustible. Dust can collect on surfaces such as rafters, roofs, suspended ceilings, ducts, crevices, dust collectors, and other equipment. When the dust is disturbed and under certain circumstances, there is the potential for a serious explosion to occur. The build...