The use carbon dioxide suppression
in industry started in the USA in 1914 when the Bell Telephone Company
installed a system for use on electrical wiring and equipment. The NFPA
Standard 12 for carbon dioxide extinguishing systems development began in 1928.
Here is a recent story involving automated fire extinguish systems.
A Bridgnorth
metal plant was evacuated when machinery caught fire in the early hours of May
27, 2016.
Hot bearings set fire to kerosene
in the rolling mill at Bridgnorth Aluminium, and night staff were asked to
leave the building.
Bosses said the factory’s
automatic fire protection system put out the flames within seconds at the
Stourbridge Road premises shortly after 3am.
The plant’s health and safety
manager, said: “We had a problem with the bearing and that set fire to the
kerosene. Our safety system triggered automatically using carbon dioxide to put
it out in about 10 seconds.”
Firefighters from Bridgnorth and Much Wenlock
attended the scene, but the fire was out when they arrived.
Congratulations
to Bridgnorth Aluminium on the successful evacuation of their plant workers.
The Aluminium Plant Safety Blog has posted incidents involving fire
extinguishing systems that have malfunctioned, not worker, etc. Though those
incidents are rare, it is those rare issues that we should plan for. The what
ifs need to be considered. As the APSB has shown what ifs do indeed occur.
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