What is Your Plant's Fire Risk? Simple Ways to Reduce Your Fire Hazards
Here is a good article By DeAnna Stephens from Pallet Enterprise, featuring commentary by Bob Moore, chairman and CEO of Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS ), and Kurt Ruchala, principal engineer at FirePro. This article outlines some basic and simple solutions when it comes to protecting your plant, production processes, and personnel from fires and explosions, in any industry. Additionally, I would add to protect your dust collection systems with spark detection and extinguishing systems, as well as sprinkler or deluge systems at the minimum. Additionally consider explosion venting, isolation or suppression systems as needed, and as referenced by NFPA, OSHA and FM Global. Plant Fire Safety Checklist (modified from the article for general use) Are combustible dust, waste and residues kept cleaned up and removed? Are all brush and weeds kept cleared from around buildings? Do all emp...