Fire Prevention
The week of 7 to 13 October has been
designated as fire prevention week.
This period is so designated to famil
iarise all personnel with fire preven
tion measures, a time to take a hard
look at your own spaces, working hab
its and personal conduct as applies to
fire prevention. This week is just the
start of a. contineous program to prevent
fires. Fach man has the responsability
to correct.,a -fire' hazard as he observes
it. Timely action to correct hazards
usually saves lives and property.
Tets take a typical building and hold
a fire prevention inspection. This
building is assigned to your department
and you are the senior man’working in
it so you are responsible for it# Along
one side of the building is a pile of
scrape lumber and metal parts# Some
one left a pail of gasoj.ine that was
used to wash greasy parts in the area#
It rained yesterday and this greasy
gasoline splashed over the adjoining
scrap lumber and the pile of dead grass
arid weeds surrounding tne building#
This end was so greasy even the rats
have moved to the other end of the scrap
heap •
We entered the building finally#
tried 2 doors but they were nailed shut.
The third one opened to the inside. I
reached for the light switch and found
.It, minus the cover# Only about half
the lights came on, the ones the men
installed themselves,' hanging from the
overhead by cords. Checking the fuse
box I found that 2 circuits had 30 amp.
iuses wnere cv amp# was paj.iix.ea on une
panel# I tried to close the fuse box
door but could'nt due to some wires.,
coming out of the front of the box# 1
tried to check the fire extinguisher
for an inspection date but gave up be
cause 1 didn't want to get dirty climb
ing over a couple of boxes blocking the
way# While 1 was looking for other
exits, my partner informed me he had
found 2 trash containers outside of the
office# °ne was a large paper corton
filled with the usual trash and the
other was a G.I# can,without a cover,
containing scrap paper, rags, lumber
scraps and a few odd metal pieces# 1—
did find another door and looked for
the exit light, ^t was there, the empty
light socket that is.
As we were coming back toward the
office spaces, a couple of men brought
in a large box which they began to op- £
en, Evidently the man that was smoking
got some smoke in his eyes be cause he
hastely placed his cigarette on the
edge of the work bench and rubbed his
eyes vigorously with the- ray he carried
in his hip pocket. The finally removed
the part from the packing carton and
placed it on the work bench. The pack
ing material was sort of pushed to one
side of the work bench to get it out
of the. way while they went to work on ™
the part.
cj rH
went on into trie on ice wnere -*■
examined the watch quarter and station
bill* Questioning the man in charge, ^
found out that h men assigned fire sta
tions had been transferred about ;'ight
months ago. b;e sat down for a chat and
cup of coffee and ^ lit up a cigarette*
i was handed a coke can for an ash tray.
After an enlightening discussion we de
parted.
Is this building yours? If it is, you
re headed for trouble, ^ires start when
east expected and are the result of
carelessness in most cases, &ach man has
the responsibility of a fire preventior^A
inspection in his own.area, ^f you have ■
any questions or need assistance in car
rying out fire prevention procedures,
call the fire station.
^gciiic lire nazaras ware nou airecu.iy
pointed out in our typical building in
spection* Ac these same conditions ex
ist in your sphere of responsibility?
You may say that you don't have the -
time to bother correcting fire hazards*
How do you do your job when you’re work
area has burned to tie ground»
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